Years ago priests wanted to have a photo taken with me...
Now … not so much... They usually run out the back door if they see me, just to
avoid me …
But back to my dirty laundry … as you know I am “challenged”
in many ways … I will add another challenge, I am “washing machine challenged”
… hence many times I will need to go to a local laundromat … such was the case
this past Tuesday … Once the washer was loaded I sat on the windowsill in the
laundromat, opened my iPhone and started to play “candy crush”… The laundromat
was empty just me and the sound of my laundry entering the spin cycle … Then a
man entered and walked over to me and asked “is the owner here”… why no sir was
my answer no one here but me and my dirty clothes … he smiled … and I took
notice of his t-shirt (it was funny) and I said … Cool t-shirt dude! … He
looked at my t-shirt and said, “Back at you, your t-shirt is funny as
well”…
I love random, funny t-shirts I have many of them …So I
asked this guy … hey dude where did you get your t-shirt from … he said … let
me think …it might take a minute, he said he has CRS … I laughed for I know what CRS
means (can’t remember shit) so I said … yeah man, I know I suffer from
“some-timers”… some times I remember … sometimes I don’t… he laughed… Then he
said … He brought his t-shirt at Walmart … I said … I buy my t-shirts on Amazon
…
Now this dude is funny to me and interesting so I asked, “why do you want to see the owner of the
laundromat”… he said … well I hear she is from Brazil and I worked in Brazil
many years ago and I wanted to trade stories with her … Cool was my answer, yes
Sandy is the owner and she is from Brazil a really nice lady … so what did you
do in Brazil … why were you there and what kind of job did you have there …
were my questions to this man …
The “dude” answered my question … I am a priest and my
parish was in Brazil … I looked at him and the way he was dressed and said this
… “you are bull shitting me!” … he answered,
“no sugar, I am” … now I am
thinking this is “Jesus humor”… this guy randomly comes into the laundromat I am in … wearing a funny
t-shirt … talks smack to me, and tells me he is a priest … hmmm … let me test him … do you believe in
the True Presence … he answers why of course I do it is fundamental to our
faith … then I throw out a few other
theology questions and asked him how he ran his parish in Brazil and back and
forth we went … he would laugh at some of my questions and then I would laugh
at some of his answers … it was a debate about theology and God like I never
had before and in a laundromat no less! Hmmm
… and I think “and your garments are washed clean in the blood of the lamb”…
that is truth … but who knew Jesus even appears at the local laundromat … Go
Jesus … and thank you for clean cloths and cleaning my soul …
Oh you may ask why the Post title “my name is Mudd” … my new
friend’s name is Fr. Mudd … how appropriate for his name will truly be mud now
that he spoke to me … Fr. Mudd gave me his email address so we can continue our
discussion on God …
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| My new "bud" Fr. Mudd |
Pretentiousness as many priests do ... good for him ... and may God Bless him! ... I will always pray for him ... and I ask you do as well 😊
