bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Going the e-mail rounds. :lol: :lol:

A LITTLE ROMAN CATHOLIC HUMOR

Gianni Poggio, an elderly Italian man who lives on the outskirts of Positano, Italy, recently went to the local church for confession.
When the priest slid open the panel in the confessional, the man said: "Father, during World War II, a beautiful Jewish woman from our neighborhood knocked urgently on my door and asked me to hide her from the Nazis. So I hid her in my attic.”
The priest replied: "That was a wonderful thing you did, and you have no need to confess that."
"There is more to tell, Father. She started to repay me with sexual favors. This happened several times a week, and sometimes twice on Sundays.”
The priest said, "That was a long time ago and by doing what you did, you placed the two of you in great danger, but two people under those circumstances can easily succumb to the weakness of the flesh. However, if you are truly sorry for your actions, you are indeed forgiven."
"Thank you, Father. That's a great load off my mind. I do have one more question though ..."

"And what is that?" asked the priest.


"Should I tell her the war is over?''

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Love it!!! :-D :-D :-D :thumbup:

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

LOL. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Beowulf Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI

It is truly amazing that this joke is still "going the email rounds", since it has been around for better than 30 years. I first heard it in the early '80's (I have been for seven decades a lover of good jokes.).

What strikes me as particularly interesting about "confessional" jokes is that, for the most part, the dark, conspiratorial, sliding door confessional booths gave way a few decades ago in favor of a new form called "reconciliation", in which the penitent sits in a small well-lit room with the priest across a small table. The priest usually is not facing the penitent, and the confession is carried out in a discussion format. Catholic children today are almost universally taught this form.

The traditional confessionals have been kept for the familiarity of those older folks trained in the old way, but as their ranks diminish, the confessionals will eventually go as well.

I offer this updating of the rite from the experience of a northeasterner whose wife 30 years ago was employed to instruct church teaching to adult non-Catholics seeking to convert. The new reconciliation rite was promoted, though a small few who were more comfortable in the traditional confessional were allowed to follow that path.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

:lol: :lol: Thanks Jederick.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Thanks Earl. :-D

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Yup there is a lot of recycling going on these days. Thanks for the enlightenment.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :-D

Makaipi Loc: Lexington, South Carolina

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!😆😆😆😆😆👍👍👍👍👍

mlj Loc: Anderson, SC

Have you ever consider the possibility that some people have never read the joke...even if it has been around for 30 years? Consider me one of those "people." Great joke!!

jwt Loc: Texas Hill Country

Love it, thanks Bcheary!

bigwolf40 Loc: Effort, Pa.

No No NO Just keep confessing...Rich

WereWolf1967 Loc: Knoxville, TN

:lol: :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup:

As always, a good one Brian.

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

oh my...hahahahahaha! Good one! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Jazztrader

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tbohon Loc: Olympia, WA USA

I work at a Catholic hospital ... think I should share this one with my co-workers (one of whom is a nun)?

Nope, probably not ... but maybe on my very last day next year :) :) :)

Thanks for a great start to my day!

Tom