"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."
—Michael Althsuler
Quotes, Word, other Miscellaneous: July 2005 Archives
"The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold."
—Aristotle
A priest falls on hard times and is forced to sell his beloved horse.
He explains to the new owner, "Remember now, you say, "Praise the Lord" to go and "Amen" to stop."
"Okay, I've got it!" the new owner says, and says, "Giddap" to no
result.
"Oh yeah, Praise the Lord" he says, and the horse starts off. This is
nice, but I'd like to go a bit faster, he says to himself, so he says, "Praise the Lord" again, and goes a bit faster. This continues a few
more times until he is running along very fast. There is a cliff ahead.
"Stop, Whoa, Stop, Oh yeah, Amen!!!!!"
The horse stops an inch from the edge of the cliff.
The guy wipes his brow and sighs, "Praise the Lord".
There is a good article on the Eastern Catholic churches in Crisis Magazine this month. I learned that John Paul II's mother was Eastern Catholic, which was an exciting fact for me. No wonder he had such an interest in the Eastern Churches.
