O’Leary showed up at Mass one Sunday and the priest almost fell down when he saw him. O’Leary had never been seen in church in his life. <\/p>\n
After Mass, the priest caught O’Leary and said “O’Leary, I am so glad you decided to come to Mass, what made you come?” <\/p>\n
O’Leary said, “I got to be honest with you Father, a while back, I misplaced my hat and I really, really love that hat. I know that Shaunassy had one just like mine and I knew that Shaunassy came to church every Sunday. I also knew that Shaunassy had to take off his hat during Mass and I figured he would leave it in the back of church. So, I was going to leave after Communion and steal Shaunassy’s hat.” <\/p>\n
The priest said, “Well, O’Leary, I notice that you didn’t steal Shaunassy’s hat. What changed your mind?” <\/p>\n
O’Leary said “Well, after I heard your sermon on the Ten Commandments, well, I decided that I didn’t need to steal Shaunassy’s hat.” <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The priest gave O’Leary a big smile and said, “After I talked about ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal,’ you decided you would rather do without your hat than burn in Hell, right?” <\/p>\n
O’Leary shook his head and said “No, Father, after you talked about ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,’ I remembered where I left my hat.”<\/p>\n
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