A Priest, a Pentecostal Preacher and a Rabbi all served as chaplains to
The students a local university in the West. They would get together two or
three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.
One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really
All that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led
To another and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into
The woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they're all together to discuss their experience.
Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has
Various bandages on his body and limbs, goes first. 'Well,' he says, 'I went
Into the woods to find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and
Began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle as a lamb. The bishop is
Coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation.'
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and
Both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he claimed, 'WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out and
I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God's HOLY
WORD!
But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we
begun to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another
until we came to a creek. So I quickly DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy
soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. 'We spent
the rest of the day praising Jesus.'
The Priest and the Reverend both looked down at the Rabbi, who was lying
In a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with IVs and monitors
running in and out of him. He was in real bad shape.
The Rabbi looks up and says, 'Looking back on it, circumcision may not
have been the best way to start.'
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