I usually avoid reposting jokes I get through E-mail, but this one’s an exception. I really enjoyed it and it was just what I needed today. I didn’t know the punch-line before hand and was thinking to myself, “Hey, this would make for a good homily…”

A priest decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon, so he placed four worms into four separate jars.

The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.

At the conclusion of the sermon, the priest reported the following results:

The first worm in alcohol – Dead;
The second worm in cigarette smoke – Dead;
Third worm in chocolate syrup – Dead;
Fourth worm in good clean soil – Alive.

So the priest asked the congregation, “What did you learn from this demonstration???”

A child sitting in the back quickly raised her hand and said: “As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won’t have worms!”

That pretty much ended the sermon!

See what happens when one takes one’s homiletics too seriously. A special thank you to the friend who sent it.