A young girl listened attentively as her big sister told her a bedtime story:
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who had a beautiful golden ball. One day the golden ball fell into the well. But an ugly frog came along and retrieved it for her. The beautiful princess was so grateful to the frog that she took it with her to her room in the palace. During the night, the ugly frog turned into a handsome prince.
At this point in the story, the little girl began to look very skeptical. “What is wrong,” her sister asked. “Don’t you believe the story?” The little girl said, “No! I don’t believe it. And I don’t think the Princess’s mother believed it either!”
It is possible that some of us may have a problem of belief with the Transfiguration story in today’s Gospel Lesson. If I were to ask how many of you believe the Gospel writer when he tells…
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