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03-15-03, 10:13 AM
A priest, a rabbi and a Pentecostal preacher all served as chaplains to the
students of Northern Michigan U in Marquette. 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 that
hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. Well, one thing led to
another and before it was over, they decided to do a 7-day experiment.
They would all go out into the woods, find a bear and preach to it....
It's now 7 days later and they're all together to discuss the experience.
Father O'Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has
various bandages, goes first.
"Well," he says in a fine Irish brogue, "I went out into the woods to find
me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the Baltimore
Catechism. Well, that bear wanted naught to do with me und begun to slap me
about. So I quick grabbed me holy water and, THE SAINTS BE PRAISED, he
became as gentle as a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give
him first communion and confirmation."
Reverend Billy Bob speaks next. He's in a wheel chair, with an arm and
both legs in casts and an I.V. drip.
In his best fire and brimstone oratory he proclaims, "WELL brothers....you
KNOW that we don't sprinkle... WE DUNK! I went out and I FOUND me a
bear. And then I began to read to him from God's HOOOOLY WORD! But that bear
wanted nothing to do with me. I SAY NO! He wanted NOTHING to do with me.
So I took HOLD of him and we began to rassle. We rassled down one hill, UP
another and DOWN another until we come to a crick. So'se I quick DUNK him
and BAPTIZE his hairy soul. An' jus like you sez, he wuz gentle as a lamb.
We spent the rest of the week in fellowship, feasting on God's HOOOOLY word."
They both look down at the rabbi who's laying in a hospital bed. He's in a
body cast and traction with IV's and monitors running in and out of him.
The rabbi looks up and says "Oy! You don't know what tough is until you
try to circumcise one of those creatures."
students of Northern Michigan U in Marquette. 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 that
hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. Well, one thing led to
another and before it was over, they decided to do a 7-day experiment.
They would all go out into the woods, find a bear and preach to it....
It's now 7 days later and they're all together to discuss the experience.
Father O'Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has
various bandages, goes first.
"Well," he says in a fine Irish brogue, "I went out into the woods to find
me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the Baltimore
Catechism. Well, that bear wanted naught to do with me und begun to slap me
about. So I quick grabbed me holy water and, THE SAINTS BE PRAISED, he
became as gentle as a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give
him first communion and confirmation."
Reverend Billy Bob speaks next. He's in a wheel chair, with an arm and
both legs in casts and an I.V. drip.
In his best fire and brimstone oratory he proclaims, "WELL brothers....you
KNOW that we don't sprinkle... WE DUNK! I went out and I FOUND me a
bear. And then I began to read to him from God's HOOOOLY WORD! But that bear
wanted nothing to do with me. I SAY NO! He wanted NOTHING to do with me.
So I took HOLD of him and we began to rassle. We rassled down one hill, UP
another and DOWN another until we come to a crick. So'se I quick DUNK him
and BAPTIZE his hairy soul. An' jus like you sez, he wuz gentle as a lamb.
We spent the rest of the week in fellowship, feasting on God's HOOOOLY word."
They both look down at the rabbi who's laying in a hospital bed. He's in a
body cast and traction with IV's and monitors running in and out of him.
The rabbi looks up and says "Oy! You don't know what tough is until you
try to circumcise one of those creatures."