
A reflection on Matthew 17:1-9
Second Sunday of Lent (Year A)
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang
… Read the restAfter six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restAfter six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
… Read the restAfter six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Then
… Read the restWhen Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation,
Isaiah 61:10b
and wrapped me in a robe of justice…
In the book of Revelation, the holy city, new Jerusalem, comes down out of heaven from God, “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2).… Read the rest
This couplet was inspired by icons of the Theotokos of the Unburnt Bush and medieval titles of the Immaculate Virgin Mary as a pure fountain or wellspring.… Read the rest
… Read the restIn those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” It
… Read the restThen he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He
… Read the restJoin with others in being imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. For
… Read the restThen Amalek came and waged war against Israel in Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men for us, and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle.
… Read the rest“Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God.