Transfiguration Sunday

 

 

Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" — not knowing what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

[On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. Just then a man from the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." Jesus answered, "You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. And all were astounded at the greatness of God.]

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

 

The Transfiguration

The Transfiguration

RAPHAEL

1516 - 20

Pinacoteca Vaticana

Vatican City

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfiguration_(Raphael)

 

RAPHAEL’S MASTERPIECE

On Good Friday in 1520 A.D., prominent Italian painter and architect Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (better known as simply “Raphael”) died at the age of 37. He left behind a large body of work including paintings, altarpieces, sculptures, sketches… and one unfinished oil painting on wood, titled the Transfiguration.

Raphael, busy with other commissions, had worked on the Transfiguration for four years—but he died prematurely before it could be completed. The work was finished by Raphael’s student Giulio Romano after the artist’s funeral. There is a noticeable difference in the fine details of the top and bottom, probably because the hand of the Master had been stilled.

Even in its unfinished state, Raphael considered the Transfiguration to be his greatest masterpiece. He was so proud of it, in fact, that it was prominently displayed behind his deathbed.

Two scenes from the Gospel of Matthew are depicted in Raphael’s Transfiguration:

The original painting is now housed in the Vatican Museum. A large mosaic reproduction of the Transfiguration, created by a team of artists who worked nine years on its fine details, was installed in St. Peter’s Basilica in 1774.

http://www.ncregister.com/blog/kschiffer/raphaels-greatest-masterpiece-the-transfiguration

 

 

 

 

 

Our key to transforming anything

lies in our ability to reframe it.

~ Marianne Williamson

 

 

 

We do not draw people to Christ by loudly 

discrediting what they believe,

by telling them how wrong they are 

and how right we are,

but by showing them a light that is so lovely

that they want with all their hearts

to know the source of it.

~ Madeleine L'Engle

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were honored to have Reverend Kimra Perkins address 

"The Sabath” in our pulpit last Sunday.

 

 

The Service of Installation for

Reverend Susan Boucher

Sunday, February 24, 2019

 

 

 

 

Pastor Susan with her husband, Tim, and their children,

Isabel and Joseph.

 

 

Book Club

Thursday Evening

February 28, 2019

Marilyn Stechert reviewed the book, Ginny Boschen brought yummies!

 

Image result for connecticut yankee in king arthur's court

 

 

Rotary

Friday morning

Hopi Moore Sargent as Sister Mary Amnesia gave us a delightful

teaser for “Nunsense,” playing now at Center Stage Theatre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At times our own light goes out and is

rekindled by a spark from another person.

Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude

of those who have lighted the flame within us.

~ Albert Schweitzer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 3, 2019   Last Sunday after Epiphany Year C

               Transfiguration  

 

Previous OPQs may be found at: 

     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

 

 

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Exodus 34:29-35
Psalm 99
2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2
Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

 

 

 

Exodus 34:29-35

Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; but whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Psalm 99

God is ruler;
   let the peoples tremble!
God sits enthroned 
   upon the cherubim;
let the earth quake!

God is great 
   in Zion;
God is exalted 
   over all the peoples.

Let them praise 
   your great and awesome name.
Holy is God!

Mighty Ruler, 
   lover of justice,
you have established equity;

you have executed justice
   and righteousness in Jacob.

Extol the Sovereign our God;
   worship at God's footstool.
Holy is God!

Moses and Aaron were among
   God's priests,
Samuel also was among
   those who called on God's name.

They cried to God,
   and God answered them.

God spoke to them 
   in the pillar of cloud;
they kept God's decrees,
   and the statutes 
that God gave them.

O Sovereign our God, 
   you answered them;
you were a forgiving God 
   to them,
but an avenger 
   of their wrongdoings.

Extol the Sovereign our God,
   and worship at God's holy mountain;
for the Sovereign our God 
   is holy.

2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2

Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God's word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.

Luke 9:28-36 (37- 43)

Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" — not knowing what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

[On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. Just then a man from the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." Jesus answered, "You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. And all were astounded at the greatness of God.]