3 holy men and a bear

> Three Holy Men and a Bear. . .
>
>
> A Catholic Priest, a Baptist Preacher and a Rabbi all served as
> Chaplains to the students of a small mid-west university.
>
> 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 to their religion.
>
> Seven days later, they all came together to discuss their experiences.
>
> 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 exclaimed, ‘WELL, brothers,
> you KNOW that we Baptists 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…”