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A Catholic Priest, a Baptist Preacher, and a Jewish Rabbi |
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011 |
All served as
> chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette .
> They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk
> shop.
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> 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.
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> Seven days later, they all came together to discuss their experience.
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> Father Flannery, who had his arm in a sling, was on crutches, and had
> various bandages on his bodyand limbs, went first.
>
> 'Well,' he said, '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.
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> 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.'
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>
> Reverend Billy Bob spoke next....
>
> He was in a wheelchair, had one arm and both legs in casts, and had an
> IV drip in his best fire-and-brimstone oratory, he claimed, 'WELL,
> brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle!
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> 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 began 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...Hallelujah!
>
> 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 really bad shape.
>
> The Rabbi looked up and said:
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> "Looking back on it, ...circumcision may not have been the
> best way to start."
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