Parish Jokes / Recent Jokes

Cardinal Graciaus was once invited to give the first holy communion in a church in Bombay. The parish priest had prepared the young children thoroughly on how to respond to the prayers during the Holy Mass. He had taught the children that the response to the Bishop's saying -' The Lord be with you,' would be -' And also with you.'

As the Cardinal began the Holy Mass, he found that the mike was not working. He turned around to the parish priest and said,' Something is wrong with the mike'

The children, well trained as they were, answered in a loud voice:' And also with you.'

The good irish father was warning his listeners about the suddenness of death. "Before another day is ended," he thundered, "somebody in this parish will die." Seated in the front row was a little old Irishman who laughed out loud at this statement. Very angry, the irish priest said to the jovial old man, "What`s so funny?" "Well!" spoke up the oldster, "I`m not a member of this parish."