A fresh entry has arrived.
23 February 2023
Dear Diary,
Another Finance Council meeting from hell yesterday. Parishes whining about how much of their collection they have to forward to the diocese. It’s Lent, after all. I’d like to “offer it up” but, dang!, it was awful.
When I became bishop, the parish tax – or better “contribution” – was only about 20%. Been that way for ages, so at the beginning of the year I decided to up it to 30%. The whining rose by even more than 10… umm, yeah, 10%! Who’s kidding who? They’ve got lots left over! Even if they didn’t, it keeps our offices well-staffed with… well… staff! I stroll around the halls of the chancery and I honestly have no idea what some of these people do all day, but boy do they have great office furniture! The offices for Leaders of Tomorrow Church have bigger desks and nicer rugs than in my office, that’s for sure. Really plush! Yeah, we’re getting a lot done even if its hard to say what it is. Busy workers in the harvest.
[later]
Dear Diary,
PS: Parish tax. There’s another fancy name for it which escapes me right now but I think it has to do with that nice furniture.
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LOL!
+McButterpants deserves his own series and contract. He should even get a free chair…..
“we’re getting it done, even if it’s hard to say what it is” LOL
Any possibility of correspondence between McButterpants and the Bishop of Black Duck?
I’m hoping for a Jeeves-esque / Guardian Angel like character to enter at some point or the only way this story ends is in tragedy.
I hope your mole can continue far into the future. If Cardinal Sarah or Cardinal Burke became the next pope, I wonder if +McButterpants would start dabbling in sedevacantistism.