Sunday funnies

An oldie but goodie.

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After Fr. Gregory’s beloved old tabby died, he adopted a kitten from the animal shelter and named her Frances. While chasing a squirrel one day, Frances ran up a tree, and then refused to come back down.

The tree wasn’t sturdy enough for a grown man to climb, and Fr. Greg didn’t have a ladder. After thinking it over, he had an idea. He took a piece of clothesline and tied one end to the tree and the other end to his car, thinking he would drive just far enough to bend the tree down to where he could reach Frances from the ground.

But just about the time the tree was bent far enough, the clothesline snapped, the tree sprang back, and Frances sailed up into the air and out of sight.

Fr. Greg searched everywhere for his kitten, without success. Finally he gave up and prayed, “Lord, I commit Frances to your keeping.”

A few days later Fr. Gregory was at the grocery store, where he saw one of his parishioners, Mrs. Murray. He noticed that her shopping cart contained several bags of cat litter and a couple dozen cans of cat food.

“I didn’t know you had a cat,” he said.

“We do now,” said Mrs. Murray. She told him how her little girl had been begging for a cat, and how she had always said no. A few days ago, when her daughter had resumed her pleading yet again, Mrs. Murray had said, “Pray about it. If God gives you a cat, you can keep it.”

“And I know you won’t believe me, Father,” she continued, “but I saw it with my own eyes. Emily went out in the back yard, got down on her knees, and started praying. And a few seconds later, a kitten came flying out of the sky and landed right in front of her!”

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14 Responses to Sunday funnies

  1. Nancy says:
    May 22, 2022 at 11:47 am

    Reblogged this on "OUR WORLD".

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  2. Mark Schultz says:
    May 22, 2022 at 11:58 am

    Reblogged this on wordrefiner.

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  3. jenny_o says:
    May 22, 2022 at 12:08 pm

    LOL! I hadn’t heard this one before, so I’m glad you posted it 😀

    Liked by 5 people

  4. Corrie.S.P. says:
    May 22, 2022 at 12:47 pm

    Haha.

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  6. The Tuesday Prude says:
    May 22, 2022 at 4:26 pm

    Awwww….

    Liked by 3 people

  7. joyroses13 says:
    May 22, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    LOL!! Too funny! 🙂

    Liked by 2 people

  8. Yvonne says:
    May 23, 2022 at 3:00 am

    I love tthis true story!

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  9. Rae Longest says:
    May 26, 2022 at 11:06 pm

    Reblogged this on blogging807.

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