The Transfiguration of Our Lord
Sermon for the Transfiguration of Our Lord
The Removal of the Veil
Rise and Have No Fear, Alleluia
Just a Glimpse
The Hidden Light Still Shines
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
And [Jesus] was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light.
The Transfiguration of Our Lord gives us a preview of the reality about Jesus. In it, we see that He possesses a unique light that…
Listen to Him
Seeing Clearly
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our transfigured Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
What a difference a week can make. It was only six days earlier, at Caesarea Philippi, that St. Peter had made his great confession, and had also given and received great rebukes. And now Jesus leads His closest disciples up the slopes of a high…
Listen to Him!
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. There is a phrase in the evening prayer service that goes like this…and for those who know it, please complete it for me. "In many and various ways, God spoke to His people of old by the prophets. Now in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son." But now in…
Our Hope of Glory
Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Fellow redeemed in Christ, the texts for this morning come from the Gospel, as well as the Epistle reading. After having been married about a year, the eighteen-and-a-half-year-old and the almost-twenty-year-old were blessed by God with a baby boy. His name was Stephen. But…
Alone With Jesus
[Jesus] was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces, and were terrified. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.” And when they lifted up…