A priest was being called away for an emergency. Not wanting to leave the confessional unattended, he called his rabbi friend from across the street and asked him to cover for him. The rabbi was concerned that he wouldn't know what to say, but the priest told him to come on over and he'd stay with him for a little bit and show him what to do.
The rabbi comes, and he and the priest go into the confessional together. In a few minutes, a woman comes in and says,
'Father, forgive me for I have sinned.'
The priest asks,
'What did you do?' The woman says,
'I committed adultery.'
Priest: 'How many times?'
Woman: 'Three times.'
Priest: 'Say three Hail Mary's, put $5 in the box, and go and sin no more.'
A few minutes later, a man enters the confessional.
He says, 'Father, forgive me for I have sinned.'
Priest: 'What did you do?'
Man: 'I committed adultery.'
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