Mary Clancy goes up to Father O’Grady after his Sunday morning service. She’s in tears.
He asks, “So what’s troubling you, my dear?”
She says, “Oh, Father, I have terrible news. My husband passed away last night.”
The priest says, “Oh, Mary, that’s terrible. Tell me, Mary, did he have any last requests?”
She says, “That he did, Father…”
The priest says, “What did he ask, Mary?”
“He said, ‘Please, Mary, put down that gun…”
Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. ~ Alphonse Karr
