{"id":14448,"date":"2021-06-25T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=14448"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:55:00","slug":"a-parable-with-a-quiz-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/a-parable-with-a-quiz-to-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"A Parable: (With a quiz to follow!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(You may have read this article before, but it may be worth reflecting upon again).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deacon John Juneau at the Cathedral Parish told me this story. I think it\u2019s a great example of a modern day parable. After reading this, see if you can summarize its meaning in a single sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A famous professor, known for her ability to engage her students, began the lecture one day by holding up a crisp new $20 bill. \u201cAnyone who would like this piece of paper raise your hand.\u201d All hands went up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next she crinkled the twenty into a little ball. \u201cWho wants this piece of paper now?\u201d Again all hands were raised. Unfolding the wadded twenty, she wiped it across the chalk board. \u201cStill want this?\u201d All hands raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On she went, grinding it with her shoe, slamming the door on it, finally dunking it into her morning coffee. \u201cWho wants this now?\u201d Everyone raised their hands wanting to get this filthy, soaking, ragged $20 bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two questions:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  1. So what\u2019s the meaning? Try saying it in one sentence.<\/li>
  2. Do you see any lesson it might have for human beings?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Reveal the Answer<\/h4>\n

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    1. It\u2019s not just a piece of paper; it\u2019s a twenty dollar bill!<\/li>
    2. Battered, stepped on, filthy, it doesn\u2019t matter; we never forfeit the sacred value we have as being human beings, created in God\u2019s image.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      So summer has officially begun. I hope you find time to relax and do the things we\u2019ve not been able to do for this past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      I plan on a couple trips to Ohio to visit my sisters, a bit of golf, some reading and loafing around. Enjoy these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Fr. Tim<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      (You may have read this article before, but it may be worth reflecting upon again). Deacon John Juneau at the Cathedral Parish told me this story. I think it\u2019s a great example of a modern day parable. After reading this, see if you can summarize its meaning in a single sentence. A famous professor, known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-column"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14448"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14466,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14448\/revisions\/14466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}