Monday: Johnny comes home from school and announces, 'Today we said a prayer to God'. Mom and Dad cluck approvingly.
Tuesday: Johnny announces, 'Today we said a prayer to the Goddess'. Mom clucks approvingly out of earshot. Dad does not cluck.
Wednesday: 'Today we said a prayer to the Gods'.
Neither Mom nor Dad clucks.
Thursday: 'Today we took a field trip to the woods and said a prayer to the spirits of the rivers and trees'. Mom and Dad splutter.
Friday: 'Today we honoured the Void from which springs all the illusions of reality'. All hell breaks loose.
Lifted from Renew, the June 1995 Newsletter of Catholics for a Changing Church, which acknowledges Al Luongo of New York.