ONCE A BAPTIST ...

John Smith was the only Protestant to move into a large Catholic
neighborhood. On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside
grilling a big juicy steak on his grill. Meanwhile, all of his neighbors
were eating cold tuna fish for supper. This went on each
Friday of Lent.

On the last Friday of Lent, the neighborhood men got together and
decided that something had to be done about John, he was tempting
them to eat meat each Friday of Lent, and they couldn't take it anymore.
They decided to try and convert John to be a Catholic. They went over
and talked to him and were so happy that he decided to join all of his
neighbors and become a Catholic.

They took him to Church, and the Priest sprinkled some
water over him, and said, "You were born a Baptist, you
were raised a Baptist, and now you are a Catholic."

The men were so relieved, now their biggest Lenten temptation was
resolved.

The next year's Lenten season rolled around. The first Friday of Lent
came, and just at supper time, when the neighborhood
was setting down to their tuna fish dinner, came the wafting smell of
steak cooking on a grill. The neighborhood men could not
believe their noses! WHAT WAS GOING ON?

They called each other up and decided to meet over in John's yard to see if
he had forgotten it was the first Friday of Lent? 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 steak on the grill, saying, "You
were born a cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are a fish."

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