Let me try again...
You Must Be “KIDDING” Me.
Better?
Much better. Thank you.
Oh, thank you. I’m not really kidding (this was a news item in The Times of India, after all) but I do not for a minute think that Jesus played cricket!
I do, however, find it interesting that this is a very old story and the The Times of India chose to publish it on a day when Catholic Churches all over the world were reading the St. Matthew Gospel about Jesus walking on water with St. Peter.
It also made me remember the old Kingston Trio song which (previously) I had thought was just a fanciful song and not based on anything. Now, I learn that it was based on this 4th century tale from Armenia.
In my own church, the homilist told a modern day joke about a retriever and 3 hunters to illustrate the old Gospel story. So, you see, we are still doing it — using stories and analogies to illustrate a larger point.