A certain mother was becoming increasingly anxious over her daughter’s failure to lead a man to the altar. One day the daughter told her about a young man who seemed interested and would be calling. “What is his religion?” the mother asked. “I’m afraid he has none,” the daughter replied. “He’s an agnostic.” “That will never do,” the mother said. “It would be difficult for you, a devout Roman Catholic, to live with an agnostic. You’ll have to sell him on the faith.” Then came the first date. “How did it go?” asked the mother. “Beautifully,” the girl said, “I sold him on the Blessed Trinity.” After the second date, the daughter reported she had sold him on Baptism. Finally, when it seemed that the happy ending was at hand, the girl came home from a date totally dismayed. “What happened,” asked the worried mother. “I oversold him,” the daughter answered. “He’s going to become a priest.”
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all…
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