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One Sunday morning, the priest noticed that little Anthony was staring up at the large plaque in the foyer of the church. The plaque was covered with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it. The ten year old boy had been Staring at the plaque for some time, so the priest walked up, stood beside the boy, and said quietly,

"Good morning Anthony."

"Good morning father," replied the young man, still focused on the plaque.

"Father Murphy, what is this?" Anthony asked.

"Well, son it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service."

Soberly they stood together, staring at the large plaque.

Little Anthony's voice was barely audible when he asked, "Which service, the 9:00 or the 10:30?"

One day, three men were hiking and unexpectedly came upon a large raging, violent river. They needed to get to the other side, but had no idea of how to do so.
The first man prayed to God, saying, "Please God, give me the strength to cross this river." Poof!
God gave him big arms and strong legs, and he was able to swim across the river in about two hours, after almost drowning a couple of times.

Seeing this, the second man prayed to God, saying,"Please God, give me the strength ... and the tools to cross this river." Poof!
God gave him a rowboat and he was able to row across the river in about an hour, after almost capsizing the boat a couple of times.

The third man had seen how this worked out for the other two, so he also prayed to God saying, "Please God, give me the strength and the tools...and the intelligence... to cross this river." And poof!
God turned him into a woman. She looked at the map, hiked upstream a couple of hundred yards, then walked across the bridge.