Three Holy Men and a Bear

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A Catholic Priest, a Baptist Preacher, and a Rabbi 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.

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 all came together to discuss their experience.

Father Flannery, who had his arm in a sling, was on crutches, and had
various bandages on his body and 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. 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, 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! 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: “Looking back on it, …….circumcision
may not have been the best way to start.”