Saturday 4 February 2012

Father Ignatius and the painter


Once upon a time there was an unscrupulous painter who was very interested in making extra money if he could. He often thinned down his paint with turpentine to make it go a bit further. Sadly, he got away with this for some time.

One day Father Ignatius decided to paint the outside of the Parish Hall white. He asked for several quotations and this painter’s was the lowest price quoted. As the priest was short of funds the painter in question got the job.

So he set about erecting the scaffolding and setting up the planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine.

As the painter was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed, there was suddenly a horrendous clap of thunder, the sky opened, and the rain poured down washing the thinned paint from all over the Parish Hall walls, and knocking the painter clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint.

The painter realised that this was a judgement from above …

He got on his knees and cried:

“Oh God … oh God … help me … what should I do?”

And just then a thunderous voice replied:

“Repaint !!! Repaint !!! And thin no more !!!”

5 comments:

  1. HeeHeeHee! You got me sitting here laughing and my husband asking what I'm laughting about! Will go now to relate the story : )
    Thanks for the smiles, Victor, God bless you for being such a great story teller with a lesson hidden in there too!
    Doreen

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  2. Laughing out loud and needing a tissue to wipe my eyes!!! Have a wonderful Sunday1!! Cathy

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  3. Hello Doreen and Cathy,

    This story got me laughing as I wrote it. I must read it once again.

    God bless you and your families.

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  4. Victor,

    After this story and the one about the blessed cheesemakers, I'm wondering if you've got a hearing problem.

    So funny!

    God bless.

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