Why Is Jesus in the Microwave?
Funny Stories from Catholic Classrooms
Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND
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Copyright © 2015 Sr. Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND. (Some of the text in this book appeared in Catholic School Kids Say the Funniest Things, by Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND [Paulist Press, 2002]). Cartoons copyright © 2015 Lucius Wisniewski. Published 2015.
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ISBN: 978-1-61278-852-4 (Inventory No. T1656)
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Dedicated to all those Sisters of Notre Dame, who, proclaiming God’s goodness and provident care, taught with passion, patience, and a twinkle in their eyes.
Contents
4. Sacraments and Sacramentals
25. Homework, Tests, and Grades
Introduction
A cheerful heart is good medicine,but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
— Proverbs 17:22
Laughter, God’s special gift to human beings, sets us apart from other creatures. Even laughing hyenas don’t really laugh. Because we are made in God’s image and likeness, it follows that God must have a sense of humor too! The fact that he created the platypus and two-year-olds proves it. In the Bible, God’s lighter side is revealed early on by the joke he played on Sarah, Abraham’s wife. When an angel foretold that this elderly couple would have a son, Sarah laughed at the news and became the unofficial patron saint
