
A reflection on Mark 9:2-10
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (Year B)
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang
After 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 Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified. Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; then from the cloud came a voice, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them.
As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant.
Mark 9:2-10
One Word, One Hymn
God the Father, hidden throughout the ages in Sinaitic clouds, fire, and thunder, in the fullness of time, spoke one Word—Jesus Christ. Word and being manifest together in the person of the Son of God.
Unlike created words, which are mere representations of objects and ideas, the Word of God is living and personal. Proceeding from the mouth of the Father “in the beginning,” the Word radiates as the life and light of the world (John 1:1-5). Puzzling experts and scholars of divinity throughout the ages, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us! Listen to him.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14 (ESV)
Abba spoke from a cloud one Word, one hymn:
“This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
Traditional Chinese Translation
《上帝說了什麼?》
阿爸從雲中說了一句話,一首詩:
「這是我的愛子,你們要聽他。」

Dear GMC, thank you for the inspiration of your reflection. I will be hymning to our Lord today. I actually found little-known-by-me songs of praise about the Transfiguration. Thank you for always pulling us up to go further in prayer and praise. ‘Tis good Lord to be here!
Cry out with joy:
It is good for us to be here!
God speaks words of love:
You are my beloved,
Let those who have ears hear!
Alleluia!