Bearly Converted
A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi would get together twice a
week for coffee 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
the 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 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
began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP
another and DOWN another
until we came to a creek. So I quick 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."
They both looked down at Rabbi Goldberg, who was
lying in a hospital
bed. He was in a body cast and traction with IV's
and monitors running in and
out of him. He was in 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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