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 sitting 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."
