The Bible this Week for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany
A brief reflection on the Scripture lessons for next Sunday at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Mountain Brook, AL.
Collect
O God, who before the passion of your only begotten Son
revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by
faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and
be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.
1st Reading:
Exodus 24:12-18
The Lord said
to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you
the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written
for their instruction.” So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses
went up into the mountain of God. To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us,
until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a
dispute may go to them.”
Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud
covered the mountain. The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai,
and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day he called to Moses
out of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was
like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of
Israel. Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the
mountain for forty days and forty nights.
Gospel: Matthew
17:1-9
Six days later, Jesus took
with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain,
by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the
sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them
Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good
for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you,
one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, suddenly a
bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my
Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” When the
disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But
Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” And when
they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus
ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been
raised from the dead.”
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