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True story from a 5th grade catechism class I taught in 1980 / 81:
I asked, "Who can tell me the names of any angels mentioned in the Bible?" A boy excitedly raised his hand. "Yes?" I prompted. "Well there's Michael, Gabriel, and Harold!" "Where do you get Harold?" I asked. He replied without hesitation, "Hark, the Harold angels sing!"
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In a Catholic school classroom, the students were told to draw a picture of a Bible story. After they finished, each of them presented to the class and explained the story they had chosen.
One girl said "this picture shows the Flight into Egypt". She had drawn a picture of an airplane, with four people in it. Three were easily identifiable -- The Infant Jesus, His Mother, and St. Joseph. The teacher could not identify the fourth person, and so she asked the girl.
She answered, "Oh, that is Pontius the Pilot." There was a similiar humor as this one about the Flight to Egypt...except it didn't have Pontius Pilate...or the airplane in it. The drawing contained Jesus, Mary, Joseph, a camel and a black bug. The teacher would ask, "What's the black dot in the picture?" The kid would reply, "Oh that's flea." (as in fleeing to Egypt).  SPDundas Deaf Byzantine
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AMERICA'S GREAT RELIGIOUS HERITAGE
America today has four great religions, each of which has helped to shape the American character. There is Islam, the Religion of Peace; Judaism, the Religion of Forgiveness; Protestantism, the Religion of Reason; and Catholicism, the Religion of Courage.
This is why Americans are peaceful, like Muslims; forgiving, like Jews; rational, like Protestants; and courageous, like Catholics!
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Here's one from the out-of-the-mouth-of-babes department:
When I taught Sunday School in the local Greek Orthodox Church (now I'm Byzantine Catholic) years ago, my 4th grade class had one year, a large number of quite rambunctious boys and no girls. Staying a step ahead of them was always a challenge. One Sunday before Liturgy our class was talking about the healings Jesus did which are recorded in the Bible. I asked the boys who they could think of thatOur Lord had healed. "Lazarus!" said one. "the woman with the issue of blood" said another. "the leper!", "the man lowered through the roof" chimed in one lad. and on until they ran out of ideas.
"Oh!Oh! I know! I know!" said a cherubic rapscalliion. 'Yes, Steven?" say I.
"Ben Hur's Mom!" was his reply.
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