@Rhemes - Well, the whole point of the joke I recalled was that God does not do for us what we can do for ourselves. The light bulb can easily be replaced by means of a step ladder and a fresh bulb; it is for the Benedictine to unscrew the blown bulb, and replace it with the new.
Prayer without good works, i.e.
doing ones part to advance the Church's betterment, is quite useless indeed.
The irony of the joke is that the Benedictines are the one of the oldest orders in the church; they strive …
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