Nice Shot

Jesus went out golfing one day. On the first hole, Jesus hit a drive straight at the pin. The ball made one bounce and popped right into the hole. Jesus's companion then readied his shot. But that drive sliced away into the rough where it happened to hit a large tree root and bounce up into the air. As the ball started falling, it landed on the back of a passing bird, which shook it off right over the green. Just then a strong wind hit the course and the wind drove the ball into the hole. Jesus turned to his companion and said, "Nice shot, Dad."

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Scripture and Tradition never cease to teach and celebrate this fundamental truth: "The world was made for the glory of God." St. Bonaventure explains that God created all things "not to increase his glory, but to show it forth and to communicate it," for God has no other reason for creating than his love and goodness: "Creatures came into existence when the key of love opened his hand." (Catholic Catechism Par. 293)