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The Colbert Report courtesy of Comedy Central (c)2009, (c)2010 and (c)2011. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

KIM LAWTON<\/strong>, correspondent: \u00a0Did you hear the one about the funny saint? \u00a0Probably not.<\/p>\n

REV. JAMES MARTIN, S.J.<\/strong>, author, Between Heaven and Mirth<\/em> (in speech): \u00a0In the third century, St. Lawrence was burned to death on a gridiron over hot coals called out to his executioners, “Turn me over and take a bite, I\u2019m done on this side.” In Latin. Or St. Augustine who famously prayed, “Lord give me chastity\u2026but not yet.”<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Father James Martin says humor is an underappreciated value in the spiritual life. \u00a0Martin has written a new book called Between Heaven and Mirth<\/em>. \u00a0He says humor, laughter and joy are essential elements of spiritual health.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> If you\u2019re not finding joy in your faith, there\u2019s something wrong with the way you are looking at your faith. And humor keeps us human, basically, brings us down to earth and reminds us that we\u2019re not God.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Martin says all too often, joy has a \u201cdisreputable reputation\u201d in religious circles.<\/p>\n

MARTIN<\/strong> (in speech): \u00a0Have you ever been to Mass where the priest says (in boring voice) “And so we join with choirs of angels and their unending hymn of praise, holy, holy, holy Lord?” And you think, if that\u2019s the way the choirs of angels are singing their praise we are in big trouble. (laughter)<\/p>\n

\"post01-humorspirituality\"MARTIN:<\/strong> I think there\u2019s a fundamental misunderstanding that says that religion needs to be serious all the time and gloomy and dour. \u00a0A lot of things about religion are serious\u2014it\u2019s concerned about your salvation, the afterlife, suffering, those kinds of things. But I think that we tend to focus so much on that to the exclusion of joy.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Part of the problem in the Christian world, Martin says, is a distorted view of Jesus.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> We focus a lot of the Passion and death of Jesus, which is certainly very important, sometimes to the exclusion of the rest of his ministry, which was, you know, much more extensive and much of his ministry had to do with joyful things: \u00a0Table fellowship, visiting friends, those kinds of things, so I think we need to just have a little more balance.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> According to Bible scholars, many of the parables Jesus told were probably considered pretty hilarious.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> Well the idea that someone has a plank in their eye and another person has a speck of dust in theirs would have been funny to somebody. The problem is that because we\u2019re so far away from that culture and that time, we don\u2019t get some of the humor. \u00a0But for people in first century Palestine the parables would have been laugh-out-loud funny.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Martin says he gets frustrated that in so many churches, the images of Jesus and the saints have serious, anguished or sometimes even angry expressions.<\/p>\n

\"post02-humorspirituality\"MARTIN:<\/strong> If we think of Jesus as a grumpy person and the saints as gloomy people, then it\u2019s going to affect what we think that the sort of model Christian should be, which is grumpy. And I think that\u2019s a real mistake.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Consider John the 23rd, who was pope from 1958 until 1963.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> His most famous joke came when a journalist innocently asked him, \u2018Your Holiness, how many people work in the Vatican?\u2019 \u00a0And he said, \u2018Ah, about half of them.\u2019<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Or John Paul the Second, who was known for his sense of humor, even in his last days.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York recently told me that he was once visiting Pope John Paul during the end of John Paul\u2019s life and to sort of buck his spirits up, Archbishop Dolan, who was then the archbishop of Milwaukee went to John Paul and Dolan is a very big guy and said, \u2018Your Holiness, I\u2019m happy to report that the archdiocese of Milwaukee is growing.\u2019 \u00a0And John Paul said, \u2018So is the archbishop!\u2019<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Martin says humor has played an important role in his own spiritual life.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> I think sometimes that the funny or wonderful or unexpected things that happen to me that make me laugh at myself might just be signs of God\u2019s playfulness. \u00a0I can\u2019t speak for God, but sometimes when I\u2019m brought up short or find myself laughing at myself, I think, hey, maybe this is God saying, \u2018you know, don\u2019t take yourself so seriously.\u2019<\/p>\n

STEPHEN COLBERT<\/strong>, host, The Colbert Report<\/em>, on show: \u00a0Please welcome the official chaplain of the Colbert Nation, Father Jim Martin. \u00a0Papa J, what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n

\"post03-humorspirituality\"LAWTON:<\/strong> Martin has appeared several times on the popular Comedy Central television show The Colbert Report<\/em>. Comedian host Stephen Colbert calls Martin the program\u2019s chaplain.<\/p>\n

MARTIN <\/strong>(on show): \u00a0Jesus was relatively poor.<\/p>\n

COLBERT<\/strong>(on show): \u00a0He wasn\u2019t poor. \u00a0I mean, he may not have had much, but he was like, you know, one of those hobo hipsters or a trustafarian, you know? \u00a0You know his dad is loaded. \u00a0He was just choosing to be poor.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> What\u2019s that been like for you to be on that show?<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> In a word, fun.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> He believes it\u2019s a wonderful place for a Catholic priest to be.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> Even if I\u2019m only on for two or three minutes, I probably reach more people than I do in a year\u2019s worth of homilies or even in all of my books.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Humor and joy, he says, are great means of evangelism.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> Why would anyone want to join a group of miserable people? Joy shows not only that you believe in God but that you\u2019re happy in your faith.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Martin cautions that there is bad humor, which mocks people or even worse, people\u2019s beliefs. \u00a0And especially when it comes to religion, some can be very sensitive.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> There\u2019s a difference between making fun of God and just being silly about the way that we relate to God, which are two different things. \u00a0I always say err on the side of safety. If you think something might be offensive to someone don\u2019t say it.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> As a Jesuit priest, Martin says he often makes jokes about Jesuits because people know that underneath the humor is love and commitment.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> A guy goes to a Franciscan church, knocks on the door, a Franciscan opens, the guy says, “Will you say a rosary for me for my intention?” Franciscan says “Sure, what\u2019s your intention?” \u00a0Guy says, “I want a Lexus.” And the Franciscan says, “What\u2019s a Lexus?” And the guy says, “Well forget it, I\u2019ll go to another church.” \u00a0Goes to the Jesuit church, knocks on the door, a Jesuit opens up and he says, “Father before I ask you something, can you tell me, do you know what a Lexus is?” \u00a0And the Jesuit says “Sure, top of the line car. A lot of my parishioners drive it.” \u00a0He says “I want one.” \u00a0Jesuit says, “I don\u2019t blame you.” \u00a0He says, “Will you say a rosary that I get one?” \u00a0The Jesuit says, “Sure\u2026what\u2019s a rosary?”<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> Martin says joy is something different, something deeper than happiness. \u00a0Being joyful, he says, doesn\u2019t mean being happy all the time. \u00a0Gratitude can help move people toward joy.<\/p>\n

MARTIN:<\/strong> Frequently we\u2019re so focused on the negative things in life, you know, of which there are many, that it moves us away from being grateful for that which we have so, a roof over our heads, food, clean water, those kinds of things, if you can ground yourself in gratitude, it usually reminds you of the blessings you have in life and it usually can connect you more with God, which brings a sense of joy.<\/p>\n

LAWTON:<\/strong> And a little laughter doesn\u2019t hurt either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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