D2: The Mighty Ducks

[This is team usa (comprised mainly of the mighty ducks) of the junior good will games in between the 2nd and 3rd period.]

This is the Church.  Imagine and think of the Church as a team, and in this example as a hockey team.  They are gathered from all different parts of the US.  Notice how each individual person's origin does not detract from the whole.  We are Catholic, we are an overarching family, but we have different origins and gifts to offer.  Not everyone on the team can be a goalie, or a winger.  

The coach, Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez), tells them to be who they are.  Bombay reminds them that we are unique and who we are is good.  "We're not bullies, not goons..."  and that we are not.  We are not to spread the Gospel by bullying people, or bashing them over the head with the truth.  We convert people by how we love them.  It is how we play the game, and how we treat the others on our team that attracts people to the faith.  

And lastly it shows the best thing about the Church, the Church succeeds most when she is under persecution.  People might be claiming to discount us, or the sky may be dark ahead, but "ducks fly together."  We shall never fail, it was a promise made to Peter from the Lord Himself that the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.