It used to be the custom in Ireland that a bishop, before confirming children, would personally examine them in their catechism. My father resented to the end of his life that his confirmation was deferred a year because the boy next to him answered a question wrong, and my father got the blame.
A parishioner here told me this about his own confirmation interview.
Bishop: Now if our Lord likens you laypeople to his sheep, what does that make me?
Nervous farmer's son: Er, the ram, me lord.
2 comments:
With due consideration, I'm not sure the boy got it wrong.:-)
"because the boy next to him answered a question wrong, and my father got the blame."
How come?
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