My friend the waterfront priest was making a sick call to a parishioner in a local hospital. He was wearing his black clergy garb and a Roman collar. It was a time when elevators had manual operators. As he entered the elevator and requested his floor, the operator turned around to size him up. The man must have been a preacher of sorts on Sundays so he said to the priest "Reverend, Ise the same as you is except I works during the week." The padre took it with good humor but wondered if he was getting off easy with only eight masses a week plus an occasional funeral and wedding - and those 3 A.M. phone calls.
tjs
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