The Three Hermits

'Three are ye, three are we, have mercy upon us.' For my homily this Trinity Sunday, I am including a shorter narration of this short story by Leo Tolstoy, itself apparently a retelling of an old legend in the Volga District of Russia....'And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not therefore like unto them: