The Catholic priest and the rabbi in the small town were the best of friends. After all, they were colleagues. One day when the priest was officiating in the confessional, the wife of one of his old parishioner’s phoned and told him that her husband is dying and is asking for him to be at his bedside. Faced with a problem the priest phoned the rabbi and asked him to come to the church urgently.
When the rabbi arrived, the priest asked him to take over for him for an hour or so. The rabbi was flabbergasted:
“What will your parishioners think of me, a rabbi in a priest’s seat?”
“Nobody will notice. The confessional has a grating, so that the confessors are unable to see the person hearing their confessions,” - answered his colleague.
The Jewish clergyman raised another objection:
“But I don’t even know what to say and do!”
“Just watch me and you will get the hang of it,” - said the minister
The priest entered the confessional and closed the door. Soon a woman in her thirties approached, knelt down and whispered through the grille:
“Father, bless me, for I have sinned!”
“How many times have you sinned, my daughter?” - asked the priest.
“Five times.”
“Then say five ‘Hail
The penitent woman rose, crossed herself and left the church. The priest came out and said to the doubtful rabbi:
“You see it is quite simple. Maybe nobody else will even show up today. I promise to be back soon.”
The rabbi entered the confessional, closed the door and waited. For a long while nobody came, but just as the returning priest came in through a side door, he saw a woman kneeling before the confessional. He overheard her saying:
“Father, bless me, for I have sinned.”
“How many times did you sin my daughter?” - asked the Jewish cleric.
“Three times,” - answered the woman.
“Then say five ‘Hail Mary’s and you may sin two more times.”
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