Deathbed Conversion -- Joke of the Day

It happened one day that a brand new priest was asked by the family to make a sick call at the hospital bedside of a dying man. This individual was a well known enemy of the Faith, having long and loudly resisted the call to conversion. The priest, forgetting the Holy Spirit, was sure that his eloquence and presence alone would bring the patient to a complete change of heart, so he confidently walked right up to the man's bed and began preaching.

The initial furious expression on the face of the patient was not surprising. But it soon gave way to serious concern and then growing panic. He was waving his arms and gesturing imploringly toward the priest. The priest, who noticed these changes with some pride, continued his sermon without pause. By now, the poor man, uttering a strangled cry, scribbled something on a piece of paper and died.

Well, now, thought the priest, I really am a gifted speaker, what a dramatic and sudden deathbed conversion!

Then he read the note: You are standing on my oxygen line.

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