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Sunday Sermon
10/7/2007 at 12:37 AM
The Church of Tim Horton’s.
It is a fact that in September 1998 at the town of Bras D’Or in Cape Breton, Jesus Christ chose to reveal himself to his Canadian followers. Locally it is known as the “Miracle of the Doughnuts.” Every night the image of Jesus Christ would appear on the wall outside the Bras D’Or Timmies where hundreds of the faithful flocked to witness this sight. (It has been suggested that some people did actually turn up for a double double, and a honey glazed doughnut).
An internet sight has been launched to create a new church called the Church of Tim Horton’s.”
Before you accuse me of sipping the Holy Wine, and spouting blasphemous innuendo, let us study the main elements that are already in place:
(1). A departed Saint (Tim Horton)
(2). A chain of churches (Both drive-thru and sit in)
(3). A Hymn (“You’ve always got time for Salvation!”)
(4). Daily Communion (A box of timbits and a Chocolate Mocha)
(5). A Pilgrimage site (64 Ottawa Street North in Hamilton: the very first Tim Horton’s, opened in 1964 and is still in operation)
(6). Its very own Mecca (Moncton, New Brunswick has more Timmies per capita than any other place in Canada)
(7). A faithful following (Canadians, who are admittedly a tribe of sugar dependant, dough addled caffeine addicts)
Unfortunately this ecclesiastical story has met a roadblock. Christ has left the building. The miracle of the doughnuts ascended up to heaven when the Assistant Manager at the Bras D’Or doughnut shop changed some of the light bulbs out side and the image of Jesus became a memory, but we now know that even Our Lord and Savior gets a craving for a Maple Glazed now and then. So just remember that in Canada, it’s not Religion that is the opiate of the masses, its doughnuts.
Source: Googleyerself.ca