Father was the pastor at a small, struggling church. Lately, he noticed that if he gently swung his rosary (with sparkly gold crucifix at the end of it) around while giving Mass, it would inevitable capture his congregation's attention. By the end of Mass, his congregation would be rapt and glassy-eyed. When ask to "Give generously!", they would indeed, give every cent in their wallets.
After several months of this, Father's flock had grown tremendously, donations were through the roof, and the Church had been refurbished and was flourishing. One Sunday, during a stirring Mass, Father was swinging his rosary more vigorously than usual, and he had his flock's complete rapt attention. Suddenly, the rosary string broke, and the beads flew everywhere. "Shit!", exclaimed Father.
It took a week to clean up the church.
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