PRACTICAL SILENCE
As a young man, Norton was an exceptional golfer. At the age of 26, however, he decided
to become a priest, and joined a rather peculiar Order. He took the usual vows of poverty,
chastity, but his Order also required that he quit golf and never play again. This was
particularly difficult for Norton, but he agreed and was finally ordained a priest.
One Sunday morning, the Reverend Father Norton woke up and realizing it was an
exceptionally beautiful and sunny early spring day, decided he just had to play golf.
So... he told the Associate Pastor that he was feeling sick and convinced him to say Mass
for him that day. As soon as the Associate Pastor left the room, Father Norton headed out
of town to a golf course about forty miles away. This way he knew he wouldn't accidentally
meet anyone he knew from his parish.
Setting up on the first tee, he was alone After all, it was Sunday morning and everyone
else was in church! At about this time, Saint Peter leaned over to the Lord while looking
down from the heavens and exclaimed, "You're not going to let him get away with this,
are you?"
The Lord sighed, and said, "No, I guess not." Just then Father Norton hit the
ball and it shot straight towards the pin, dropping just short of it, rolled up and fell
into the hole. It WAS A 420 YARD HOLE IN ONE! St. Peter was astonished. He looked at the
Lord and asked, "Why did you let him do that?"
The Lord smiled and replied, "Who's he going to tell?"
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