Where's the priest?

I thought I'd mention a funny incident that occurred before mass earlier this evening. After reading the usual parish announcements and marriage banns, the commentator for the mass made the customary request for the congregation to rise for the entrance of the priest. I was about to start playing the introduction to the entrance hymn on my keyboard when the commentator suddenly said, "Oh, I'm sorry. Our presider is not yet around." Everyone automatically turned around to see that there was indeed no priest at the rear of the church waiting to join the procession down the middle aisle, then sat down chuckling. Needless to say, the presider --our very own jolly parish priest--eventually showed up less than a minute later to start the mass.