new priest
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:29 pm
A new priest, born and raised in Texas, comes to serve in a city
> parish and is nervous about hearing confessions, so he asks the older
> priest to sit in on his sessions.
>
> The new priest hears a couple of confessions, then the old priest asks
> him to step out of the confessional for a few suggestions.
>
> The old priest suggests, "Cross your arms over your chest, and rub
> your chin with one hand and try saying things like 'yes, I see,' and
> 'yes, go on,' and 'I understand.'
>
> The new priest crosses his arms, rubs his chin with one hand and
> repeats all the suggested remarks to the old priest.
>
> The old priest says, "Now, don't you think that's a little better than
> slapping your knee and saying, "No $h1t, what happened next?"
>
> parish and is nervous about hearing confessions, so he asks the older
> priest to sit in on his sessions.
>
> The new priest hears a couple of confessions, then the old priest asks
> him to step out of the confessional for a few suggestions.
>
> The old priest suggests, "Cross your arms over your chest, and rub
> your chin with one hand and try saying things like 'yes, I see,' and
> 'yes, go on,' and 'I understand.'
>
> The new priest crosses his arms, rubs his chin with one hand and
> repeats all the suggested remarks to the old priest.
>
> The old priest says, "Now, don't you think that's a little better than
> slapping your knee and saying, "No $h1t, what happened next?"
>