The vow of chastity boggles most minds especially when the word “Catholic” is tossed in the conversation.
Priests and nuns take this vow including obedience and poverty.
Difficult as it may be, there are thousands of these people all over the world.
Though if they’re really practicing chastity is another question altogether.
Still, with a little research, you may stumble across great men and women of the church.
This priest certainly knew how to deal with his companion’s “dilemma”.
A priest and a nun are out in the countryside…
A priest and a nun are out in the countryside making visits and doing good works. The day wanes and it begins to get dark.
The priest, being the kind father he is, begins to look for a house that can take the two of them in for the night.
Up the road, in the dim light, he sees a small house. As he and his chaste companion draw closer, he sees that it is a small cabin. Possibly used for hunting, he thinks. He tries the door and finds it unlocked.
Inside, he sees a cot next to one wall and several folded blankets next to another wall.
Being the kind father that he is, he offers the cot to the nun. After she is situated, he gets a blanket and covers her.
He then gets a blanket for himself and settles on the cold, hard floor.
After a few moments, he hears her voice in the dark: “Father, I’m cold.” The priest gets up, finds another blanket, walks across the small room, and covers her.
He then walks back to his side and crawls back under his blanket. He begins to doze off when he hears the nun’s voice again: “Father, I am still cold.”
The priest again gets up, finds another blanket, walks across to the nun’s cot, and covers her with the blanket.
He returns to his side and gets under his blanket. He is nearly asleep when he hears the nun again: “Father, I’m still cold.”
The priest lays still, thinking. Finally, he speaks.
“Sister, we seem to have a problem,” he says. “The way I look at this, we have two options. One: I can get up and bring you another blanket, or Two: We can pretend we are married.”
There is a brief pause. Then the nun speaks: “Ooohh… I think I would like that…” The priest takes a deep breath. Then speaks:
“Very well. Get your own damn blanket.”
Sorry, sister, deal with it.
You have to admire this priest. Not a lot of men would say no to a subtle invitation like that.
And priests don’t exactly have clean records as of late. Or maybe, just like any man after a hard day’s work, he just wanted to lay down and sleep.
No matter the nationality, profession, or stage in life, all married couples face the same kind of issues – and it almost always will include the struggle of blankets at bedtime!
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