ten commandments

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Murphy showed up at Mass one Sunday and the priest almost fell down

when he saw him. Murphy had never been seen in church in his life.

After Mass, the priest caught up with Murphy and said, "Murphy, I

am so glad ya decided to come to Mass, what made ya come?"

Murphy said, "I got to be honest with you Father, a while back, I

misplaced me hat and I really, really love that hat. I know that

McGlynn had a hat just like me hat, and I knew that McGlynn came to

church every Sunday. I also knew that McGlynn had to take off his

hat during Mass and figured he would leave it in the back of

church. So, I was going to leave after Communion and steal

McGlynn's hat."

The priest said, "Well, Murphy, I notice that ya didn't steal

McGlynn's hat. What changed your mind?"

Murphy said, "Well, after I heard your sermon on the 10

Commandments, I decided that I didn't need to steal McGlynn's hat

after all."

The priest gave Murphy a big smile and said; "After I talked about

'Thou Shalt Not Steal' ya decided you would rather do without your

hat than burn in Hell, right ?"

Murphy slowly shook his head and said, "No, Father, after ya talked

about 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery I remembered where I left me

hat."