I met a Jesuit Priest at Santa Clara University Mission, a Jesuit school, in the early '80s to get the blessing of the Church as a non-Catholic about to marry a Catholic, although not Jesuit, girl.

If you've ever seen the John Wayne movie, The Quite Man, this priest and his office looked just like in the movie, complete with antiques, the cane, the shaggy dog, and a ton of old books.

He must have taken one look at me, a young suit working in the tech industry, and decided on the shock factor; as I sat across from him at his desk, he said:

"The world is trying to do this to you" and shot me the finger!

Well, he talked for another half hour or more, but I couldn't recall anything he said after that.