Oh how much hurt and pain we cause by our words! Oh how sharp our tongues that we have caused the death of the spirit in some! We can choose instead to remain with and in our Lord Jesus Christ by being slow to speak, to reflect on Him and His Word and to speak lovingly through His grace.
Let us go often before our Lord Jesus to be transformed by Him to be made pure; so that we can go down the mountain to be His light for all. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Amen
Let us also keep our Holy Father Pope Francis in our prayers…..
(Feast Of The Chair Of St Peter)
FIRST READING
James 3:1–10
GOSPEL
Mark 9:2–13
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, the disciples 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. Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He told them, “Elijah will indeed come first and restore all things, yet how is it written regarding the Son of Man that he must suffer greatly and be treated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah has come and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”
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