Problems on Friday…
John Murphy, a Protestant moved into a
large Catholic neighbourhood.
On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside
grilling a big juicy steak on his barbeque grill. Meanwhile, all his neighbours
were cooking fish or good old-fashioned eggs in accordance with the Church’s rule on fasting – with no meat
on Lenten Fridays.
This went on Friday after Friday. Halfway through Lent, the neighbourhood men
got together and decided that something had to be done about John - he was tempting them to eat forbidden meat
each Friday, and they couldn't take it anymore.
They decided to try and
convince John to become a Catholic. They went over to his house and
having spoken to him they were delighted when he decided to join all of his
neighbours and become a Catholic.
They took him to Church, and the Priest sprinkled some Holy
water over him, and said, "Bless you
my son: You were born a Protestant, you were raised a Protestant, and now you
are a Catholic".
The men were so relieved, now
that their biggest Lenten temptation
was resolved.
The final Lenten Friday arrived. Just at supper time, when the neighbourhood
was sitting down to their fish or egg dinners, they became aware of the wafting
smell of steak cooking on a grill.
The neighbourhood men could
not believe their noses! What was John
up to now? They called each other up and decided to meet over at John's house
to see if he had forgotten. The group arrived just in time to see John standing over his grill with a
small pitcher of water.
He was sprinkling some water over his huge steak on the barbeque, saying,
"Bless you: You were born a cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are a
fish."
---------Mike--------
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