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The Transfiguration of our Lord 3-3-19

Blessèd are those who dwell in your house,

ever singing your praise!

How lovely is your dwelling place,

O LORD of hosts!

My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD;

my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Behold our shield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor.

No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Blessèd are those who dwell in your house,

ever singing your praise!

 

Collect

O God, in the glorious Transfiguration of Your beloved Son You confirmed the mysteries of the faith by the testimony of Moses and Elijah. In the voice that came from the bright cloud You wonderfully foreshowed our adoption by grace.  Mercifully make us co-heirs with the King of His glory and bring us to the fullness of our inheritance in heaven; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

[Deuteronomy 34:4 – 12]  Then the LORD said to Moses, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I told them I would give it to their descendants. I have now allowed you to see it, but you will not enter the land."  5 So Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, just as the LORD had said.  6 He was buried1 in a valley near Beth-peor 

in Moab, but to this day no one knows the exact place.  7 Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever. 

8 The people of Israel mourned thirty days for Moses on the plains of Moab, until the customary period of mourning was over.  9 Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.  10 There has never been another prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face.  11 The LORD sent Moses to perform all the miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and his entire land.  12 And it was through Moses that the LORD demonstrated his mighty power and terrifying acts in the sight of all Israel. 

 

[2 Corinthians 4:3-6]  If the Good News we preach is veiled from anyone, it is a sign that they are perishing. 

4 Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.  5 We don't go around preaching about ourselves; we preach Christ Jesus, the Lord. All we say about ourselves is that we are your servants because of what Jesus has done for us.  6 For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made us understand that this light is the brightness of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

 

[Luke 9:28-36]  About eight days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John to a mountain to pray.  29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothing became dazzling white.  30 Then two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared and began talking with Jesus.  31 They were glorious to see. And they were speaking of how he was about to fulfill God's plan by dying in Jerusalem.  32 Peter and the others were very drowsy and had fallen asleep. Now they woke up and saw Jesus' glory and the two men standing with him. 

33 As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave, Peter, not even knowing what he was saying, blurted out, "Master, this is wonderful! We will make three shrines1 -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."  34 But even as he was saying this, a cloud came over them; and terror gripped them as it covered them.  35 Then a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Chosen One.1 Listen to him."  36 When the voice died away, Jesus was there alone. They didn't tell anyone what they had seen until long after this happened. 

 

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