
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 restHe said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It
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
They will see the glory of the Lord,
Isaiah 35:2c
the splendor of our God.
About seven hundred years after the prophecy of Isaiah, the Blessed Virgin Mary gave birth to the promised Messiah in Bethlehem under the protection of St.… Read the rest
Yerushalaim is the transliteration of Jerusalem. Click phonetics for the pronunciation of Yerushalaim.
… Read the restJesus took Peter, John, and James and went up a mountain to pray.
… Read the rest“No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
Fourth Week of Lent, Thursday
Exodus 32:7-14; John 5:31-47
… Read the restHe was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me… For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.
The Lord reveals his glory in the presence of chosen witnesses. His body is like that of the rest of mankind, but he makes it shine with such splendor that his face becomes like the sun in glory, and his garments as white as snow.… Read the rest
… Read the restBrothers and sisters:
It is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being,” the last Adam a life-giving spirit. But