Thursday, March 11, 2010

Severe Salmon

Today during lectio group, while reading aloud the parable of the prodigal son
from Luke's gospel, I tripped over my own tongue and instead of saying,
"When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country"
I said,
"When he had freely spent everything, a severe salmon struck that country."
Of course we all laughed, but as I made my way through
the rest of the reading I could only imagine
what being attacked by a severe salmon would look like
and how it would strike some poor unsuspecting country.
I don't know about you but I think I would rather suffer the famine
than face the prospect of being smacked around by
some severe salmon?

photo from here

6 comments:

  1. Well...it would depend on how long the famine lasted....

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  2. What lovely alliteration.

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  3. Hi Roberta,
    Hilarious!!
    Now you have set me up as this Sunday it is the parable of the Prodigal Son. I know I will have this phrase stuck in me head and will probably burst out laughing in Church. ( I often get a fit of giggles at something said ).
    Best wishes
    Phil

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  4. Phil,
    posts sent don't appear directly on the site until i see them so that's why it took so long for you to see this! i was taking a walk :)

    as for the lectionary reading on sunday, i too am wondering if i will ever be able to hear this parable again w/o the "jaws"-like image of angry salmon!

    lenten blessings!!!
    roberta

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