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    TRANSFIGURATIONYear C

    (Catholic)

    CONTENTS:

       A Thought on Preaching  Title  Sermon in a Sentence  Scriture

      !i"lical Commentar#  Chil$ren%& Sermon  Sermon  'ore Sermon& on thi& Tet  Thought Proo*er&  +#mn& , +#mn Stor#  !i"liograh#

     A T+OUG+T ON PREAC+ING:  Why do virtually all instances of church disciplineinvolve sexual sins? Why do I hear so few sermons on the sins of pride, greed, sloth, and

    gluttony? Would Christians support a national Prohibition movement against the majorhealth hazard of obesity? Philip !ancey"

    TIT-E:  #isten to $im%

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    SER'ON IN A SENTENCE:  If we will listen to &esus and do what he wants us to do,he will bless us''and save us(

    SCRIPTURE:  #u)e *+-./0, /1.2/"

    !I!-ICA- CO''ENTARY: 

    LUKE 9.  W$3 I4 5$I4?

    6arlier in this chapter, $erod, hearing of the great wor)s that &esus was doing, 7was very perplexed, because it was said by some that &ohn had risen from the dead, and by some

    that 6lijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again(

    $erod said, 8&ohn I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?8 $e soughtto see him7 vv( 1.*"(

    5his 9uestion, 7Who is this?7 is central to this :ospel in general and to chapter * in particular( &esus as)ed the disciples, 7Who do the multitudes say that I am?7  5hey

    answered, 78&ohn the ;aptizer,8 but others say, 86lijah,8 and others, that one of the old

     prophets is risen again(7 &esus as)ed, 7;ut who do you say that I am?7  Peter answered,

    75he Christ of :od7 vv( ar)8s :ospel says six

    days, and we are not sure why #u)e changes it to eight( Perhaps #u)e is tying the

    5ransfiguration to the resurrection, which occurs on the eighth day''the day after the4abbath( Perhaps he is also tying it to the Deast of 5abernacles, where the Israelites

     present offerings for seven days and then have a holy convocation on the eighth day

    #eviticus /+/0"(

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    Eerse - lin)s the 5ransfiguration to the preceding passage in which Peter declares that

    &esus is the >essiah and &esus declares that he must suffer and die( Bll three of the

    4ynoptics place the 5ransfiguration immediately after &esus8 first passion pronouncement,emphasizing that the one who will 7be )illed, and on the third day be raised up7 v( " is

    not a random victim of violence, but is the 4on of :od carrying out :od8s plan v( /@"(

    "that he took with him eter! ohn! and ames" v( -b"( In the preceding section,

    &esus was with the larger group of disciples( ow he selects an inner circle of disciples

    to go with him, thus signaling the importance of the journey up the mountain( 5hesethree disciples were present at the healing of &airus8 daughter -+@oses at 4inai 6xodus oses, who encountered :od on

    4inai as a 7devouring fire on the top of the mountain7 6xodus 2+oses8 face shone so

    /

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     brightly that he found it necessary to wear a veil to shield people from the glare 6xodus

    /2+*./@"(

    5here are many parallels between >oses in 6xodus 2 and &esus at the 5ransfiguration(

    ;oth incidents+ oses /" have :od spea)ing from a

    cloud 2" spea) of the glory of the #ord and @" inspire fear(

    >oses had prophesied, 7!our :od will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you,

    of your brothers, li)e me( !ou shall listen to him7 Heuteronomy oses8 prophecy with

    &esus in a sermon shortly after Pentecost Bcts /+"(

    #u)e clearly understands &esus to be a new >oses( >oses came to set the people of

    Israel free from slavery in 6gypt( &esus came to set people free from sin(

    ")eho'd! two men were ta'king with him! who were *oses and E'i+ah" v( /="( 5he&ewish people expect >oses and 6lijah to return to usher in the messianic era(

    Why >oses and 6lijah? Perhaps because Israel is the people of the #aw and the

    Prophets, and >oses was the great lawgiver, and 6lijah the great prophet(

    >oses and 6lijah "appeared in g'ory" v( /oses and6lijah discuss with &esus(

    5his word, e"odon, provides another parallel with >oses, who led the 6xodus from6gypt( 5he e"odon about which >oses and 6lijah are spea)ing here is &esus8 death,

    7which he was about to accomplish at &erusalem7 v( /

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    his glory( 5he 5ransfiguration gives these three privileged disciples a preview of that

    glory(

    "/ow eter and those who were with him were hea0y with s'eep"  v( /a"( 5he

    disciples will also have a problem with sleep at the >ount of 3lives +2@"( In that

    instance, they will actually fall asleep( In this one, they are groggy but sufficiently awa)eto see what was happening(

    "but when they were fu''y awake! they saw his g'ory! and the two men who stood

    with him" v( /b"( 4hortly before the 5ransfiguration, &esus revealed to the disciples

    that 75he 4on of >an must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief

     priests, and scribes, and be )illed, and the third day be raised up7 *+"( #ater, after the

    resurrection, he will ma)e it clear that his death was necessary so that he might 7enter  into his glory7 #u)e 2+0"(

    5he word 7glory7 is used in the ;ible to spea) of various wonderful things''but it is used

    especially to spea) of :od8s glory''an aura associated with :od8s appearance that reveals:od8s majesty to humans( ;iblical writers, attempting to describe :od8s glory using

    human words, portrayed it as 7li)e devouring fire7 6xodus 2+ount

    of 5ransfiguration *+-./0"( Christ8s cross was necessary so that he might 7enter into his

    glory7 #u)e 2+0F see also Philippians +@.

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    one for E'i+ah!- not knowing what he said" v( //"( Peter is an action.man% o

    restraint% Bction is both his strength and his wea)ness( Bt a time when anyone else

    would sit in stunned silence, Peter says, 7#et8s ma)e three tents%7 one of the :ospelstells us why he wants to build three tents+

    Perhaps he wants to prolong the mountaintop experience''to )eep &esus safe on themountain rather than seeing him exposed to suffering, rejection, and death v( "(

    Perhaps he wants to honor >oses, 6lijah and &esus''to offer them a bit of hospitality(

    Probably, he just wants to do something ( Bn action.man needs to act%

    5here may be another connection with >oses at this point( Bs >oses led the Israelites inthe wilderness, :od told him to build booths in which the people would dwell for seven

    days #eviticus /+//.2/"( 5hey were to do this 7that your generations may )now that I

    made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of

    6gypt( I am !ahweh your :od7 #eviticus /+2/"( 5his observance, )nown as the Deast of 5abernacles or the Deast of ;ooths, started as a harvest festival, but evolved into a

    reminder of their wanderings in the wilderness''and their escape from slavery in6gypt''and :od8s continuing faithfulness to them( Peter might be ta)ing his idea for the

    three booths from the Deast of 5abernacles(

    Peter8s idea goes nowhere( #u)e describes Peter as "not knowing what he said" v( //"(

    $e considers Peter8s proposal foolish, but doesn8t tell us why+

    3ne possibility is that Peter is trying to prolong the mountaintop experience''to )eep&esus safe on the mountain rather than seeing him exposed to suffering, rejection, and

    death v( "(

    Bnother possibility is that the proposal to build three booths e9uates &esus with >oses

    and 6lijah''diminishing &esus8 uni9ue status as 7the >essiah of :od7 see Peter8s

    confession in v( ="(

    5he voice from the cloud interrupts so that &esus never responds directly to Peter8s

    suggestion to build booths(

    LUKE 9:$1#$.  5$I4 I4 >! ;6#3E6H 43( #I456 53 $I>%

    34)hile he said these things, a cloud came and o$ershadowed them, and they were afraid

    as they entered into the cloud. 35  A $oice came out of the cloud, saying, %*his is my

    belo$ed +on. &isten to him% 36 )hen the $oice came, Jesus was found alone. *hey were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

    0

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    "3hi'e he said these things! a &'oud &ame and o0ershadowed them" v( /2a"( 5he

    cloud was the symbol of the presence of :od at 4inai 6xodus 2+

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    there any trustworthy voice amidst the cacophony? 5he voice from the cloud says that

    we can always trust &esus''7#isten to him%7

    We say, 7;ut &esus is too idealistic to understand the bare.)nuc)les world in which I

    live%7 5he voice says, 7#isten to him%7

    We say, 7#ater, perhaps, but I have other things to do right now%7 5he voice says,

    7#isten to him%7

    We say, 7;ut I am not sure that I truly believe(7 5he voice says, 7#isten to him%7

    $ow many bro)en hearts and bro)en lives could be avoided if we would just listen to

    him% 5here are many people who regret not listening to &esus( Ho you )now one who issorry for having listened?

    "3hen the 0oi&e &ame! esus was found a'one" v( /0a"( >oses and 6lijah, who were

    leaving &esus prior to the voice from the cloud v( //", are gone( 5hey are 7represented inthis episode((( as" foils to &esus( epresenting the Israel of old, they disappear, leaving

    &esus alone7 Ditzmyer, 1*@"(

    "4hey were si'ent! and to'd no one in those days any of the things whi&h they had

    seen" v( /0b"( 5he moment is over% 5he disciples have survived their encounter with:od% 5he firewor)s have ended( 5hey are left with &esus and silence( 6ven Peter )eeps

    his mouth shut( 5hey don8t tell anyone what they have seen, and that is all right( 5here

    will be a time to spea), but they are not yet ready for the witness that they will bear a few

    wee)s later in &erusalem Bcts

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    4ee >ar) *+atthew

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    ")ut esus rebuked the un&'ean spirit! and hea'ed the boy! and ga0e him ba&k to his

    father" v( 2b"( Where others failed, &esus prevails( We see that yet today( Christ has

    transformed more lives than we can count(

    "4hey were a'' astonished at the ma+esty of

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    $ave you ever been to the top of a mountain? If you haven8t, try it( !ou don8t need to go

    to >ount 6verest( >ost mountains will do( !ou don8t even need to go to the tippy.top'' although there is something special about the very top of a mountain( If you aren8t able to

    go to the top, go as far as the paved road will ta)e you( 5he views are pretty much

    guaranteed to be beautiful(

    Bnd beautiful views have healing power( Ei)tor Dran)l, who survived $itler8s Buschwitz

    death camp, wrote a boo) entitled Man's +earch for Meaning , in which he recounted his prison experiences(

    In that boo), Dran)l tells about riding with other prisoners on a train from Buschwitz to a

    concentration camp in ;avaria''loc)ed inside a prison car( Bs the train approached4alzburg, prisoners crowded around small barred windows to get a glimpse of the

    mountains( Bs they did so, they found themselves able, for a moment, to forget their

    frightful circumstances( Dran)el says+

    7If someone had seen our faces((( as we beheld the mountains of 4alzburg

    with their summits glowing in the sunset,through the little barred windows of the prison carriage,

    he would never have believed that those were the faces of men

    who had given up all hope of life and liberty(((((We were carried away by nature8s beauty

    which we had missed for so long(7

     ever underestimate the power of beauty to heal the soul(

    In his famous speech at >ason 5emple in >emphis, shortly before his death, >artin#uther Ging, &r( tal)ed about being on a mountaintop(

     356+ 5o read or hear that speech, go to+http+JJwww(americanrhetoric(comJspeechesJml)ivebeentothemountaintop(htm

    In that speech, Ging tal)ed about ta)ing bus rides to protest segregation in the 4outh( $e

    tal)ed about the birth of the Civil ights ;ill( $e tal)ed about 4elma( 6ach of thoseexperiences was a great challenge( 6ach experience was exciting''and beautiful''and

    dangerous( In that way, those moments were very much li)e climbing a high mountain(

    In his speech, Ging ac)nowledged the dangers of the life he was living, but then he said+

    7Well, I don8t )now what will happen now(We8ve got some difficult days ahead(

    ;ut it really doesn8t matter with me now,

     because I8ve been to the mountaintop(

    Bnd I don8t mind(

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    #i)e anybody, I would li)e to live a long life(

    #ongevity has its place(;ut I8m not concerned about that now(

    I just want to do :od8s will(

    Bnd $e8s allowed me to go up to the mountain(Bnd I8ve loo)ed over(

    Bnd I8ve seen the Promised #and(

    I may not get there with you(;ut I want you to )now tonight, that we, as a people,

    will get to the Promised #and%7

    Geep in mind that Ging was the son of a ;aptist preacher( $e had grown up in 4undayschool and church( $e had heard good preaching as he was growing up( $e grew up

    steeped in the great ;iblical stories(

    In the Bfrican.Bmerican tradition in which Ging grew up, people especially prized thestories of >oses and the 6xodus''stories of slavery and freedom''stories of oppression

    and deliverance(

    When Ging, in his great >ountaintop sermon, said that he had been to the mountaintop'' 

    BH that he had loo)ed over and had seen the Promised #and'' BH that he might notget there himself'';A5 that his people would get to the Promised #and''he was simply

    ta)ing an old story from the boo) of Heuteronomy and applying it, with uncanny

    accuracy, to his own life(

    #et me ta)e a moment to recount that story from Heuteronomy( It8s the story of >oses8

    death( >oses went to the top of a mountain''>ount Pisgah this time, not >ount 4inai'' 

    and :od met him there( :od had >oses loo) out from that mountaintop across the&ordan iver''into the Promised #and( :od showed >oses the Promised #and from

    north to south''east to west''from the &ordan iver to the >editerranean 4ea( :od told

    >oses that this was the land that he had promised Bbraham, Isaac, and &acob( 5hen :odtold >oses, 7I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there7

    Heuteronomy /2+2"(

    4o >oses died in the land of >oab, having seen the Promised #and but not having hadthe privilege of leading the people of Israel into it( >uch earlier, >oses had disobeyed

    :od umbers =+

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    I may not get there with you(

    ;ut I want you to )now tonight, that we, as a people,

    will get to the Promised #and%7

    5he crowd that heard >artin #uther Ging8s speech that night''most of them Bfrican.

    Bmerican''most of them Christian''would have )nown the >oses8 story( 5hroughouttheir growing up years, they heard the story of >oses''and 6gypt''and slavery''and

    6xodus''and freedom( 5hey would have heard the story of >oses loo)ing out across the

    Promised #and, but never going there( 5hey would have made those connections whenthey heard >artin #uther Ging, &r( say+

    7$e8s allowed me to go up to the mountain(

    Bnd I8ve loo)ed over(Bnd I8ve seen the Promised #and(7

    I am so glad that :od privileged >artin #uther Ging to go up the mountain and to loo)

    over and to see the Promised #and( It would seem better to us if >artin #uther Ging been allowed to live a longer life, but :od used GingKs martyrdom to force open the door

    that had for so long bloc)ed access to GingKs people( Bs :od does so often, he turns:ood Dridays into 6asters(

    ;ut letKs ta)e a loo) at the rest of this 5ransfiguration story to see if there might besomething there that will serve as a blessing for us(

    3ne of the blessings for me is the conduct of Peter, &ohn, and &ames at the beginning of

    the story( 5his was &esusK inner circle''the disciples who were closest to him(

    Bs was true of most disciples, these three especially chosen, especially privileged

    disciples proved to be real bamboozlers( When they saw &esus, >oses, and 6lijah inglory, what was their response? 5hey responded by falling asleep( When Peter wo)e up,

    he made a foolish suggestion about building three tents''one for &esus, one for >oses,

    and one for 6lijah( 5he idea went nowhere(

    I li)e that part of the story, because it reminds me that &esus is capable of functioning

    with very ordinary disciples''li)e Peter, &ames, and &ohn''li)e me''li)e you( We donKt

    have to be geniuses or spiritual giants( :od is capable of ta)ing very ordinary people'' li)e us''and doing his very important business( 4o the next time I ma)e a foolish

    statement or do a foolish thing, I will try to remember Peter, &ames, and &ohn''&esus

    inner circle'' the crLme de la crLme of the apostles( If :od could use their ineptness, itgives me hope that :od can use mine''and yours(

    Bnother thing that I regard as a great blessing from this story is the words that :od

    uttered, M5his is my beloved son( #I456 53 $I>%N What wonderful advice% #I456

    to :odKs son% #I456 to &esus%

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    &ust imagine how many of our problems would go away if we would do that one thing'' 

    if we would #I456 to &esus( &esus would guide us through lifeKs minefields so that we

    would come out safely on the other side( &esus would help us to avoid many of our problems, and would give us strength to deal with problems that insist on hitting us full

    force( Bll we have to do is to #I456 to &esus''and to let him guide us''and to let him

    save us(

    5hatKs what we need isnKt it% We need &esus to guide us through lifeKs minefields''to

    show us the pathway''to ta)e us by the hand when weKre in danger''to guide us andguard us''to save us(

    #istening to &esus isnKt all that hard( &esus came to live among us and to teach us how to

    live( We can read his teachings in the :ospels''>atthew, >ar), #u)e, and &ohn(

    Dran)ly, some of &esus teachings are a little bit hard to understand( 5hey re9uire some

    concentrated study and guidance( ;ut some of the best of &esus teachings are as simple as

    simple can be( B man as)ed &esus what the most important commandment was, and hesaid that there are two important commandments( 5he first is to love :od( 5he second is

    to love your neighbor(

    $ow hard can it be to remember that''love :od''love your neighbor( Dive words%

    #ove :od''thatKs two words( #ove your neighbor''thatKs three more words( #ove :od(#ove your neighbor( Dive words% !ou can remember those, canKt you% ;ut can we do

    them? Can we love :od? Can we love our neighbor? &esus seemed to thin) that we can(

    I thin) that we can too(

    4ome people festoon their homes and offices with bits of wisdom that they pic) up hither

    and yon( #et me suggest that you festoon your home or your office with a little poster

    with five words on it''love :od''love your neighbor( Post that where you can see it( ItdoesnKt have to be big( It just has to be big enough to catch your attention(

    If you will do that''if you will love :od and your neighbor, it will change your life(

    5hatKs just one small example of what :od meant when he said, M5his is my beloved son(

    #I456 to him%N

    If you loo) through your ew 5estament, you will find dozens or even hundreds of

     places where &esus dispenses advice and counsel( #I456 to him''and he will change

    your life( #I456 to him''and he will save you(

    FOR 'ORE SER'ONS ON T+IS TE/T:

      :o to http+JJwww(lectionary(orgJ

      3n the #6D5 side, under 46>34, clic) on the 7;y ;oo) of ;ible7 lin)(

      5hen clic) on the 7#u)e7 lin) in the right.hand column(

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    T+OUG+T PRO0O1ERS: 

    What is peace, really, but a sense of coping with what life hands us,

    expanding our outloo) to encompass the good and reject the bad(5o have a view from 7the mountaintop7

    is perhaps just to sit still and see through the peace within(

    &ane !oder ussell

    O O O O O O O O O O

    In the presence of eternity,

    the mountains are as transient as the clouds(

    6nglish proverb

    6HI5384 356+ 5hin) about that( If you observe clouds for a minute, you will see

    some movement, however slight( If you were to see time.lapse video of clouds, you

    would see them sweep and swirl 9uic)ly across the s)y(

    We expect clouds to move, but not mountains( >ountains are forever, we thin)''but

    they aren8t( 5he Bppalachians are shorter and rounder than the oc)ies, because they

    have been there longer and have worn down more( In a million years, the oc)ies won8t be as tall or craggy as they now are( If we could watch time.lapse video of mountains for 

    a very long time''through eternity''they would seem 7as transient as the clouds(7

    O O O O O O O O O O

    If you have never heard the mountains singing,or seen the trees of the field clapping their hands,

    do not thin) because of that that they don8t(

    Bs) :od to open your ears so you may hear it,and your eyes so you may see it,

     because, though few people ever )now it,

    they do, my friend, they do(

    >cCandlish Phillips

    O O O O O O O O O O

    If you insist on having your own way, you will get it($ell is the enjoyment of your own way forever(

    If you really want :od8s way with you,

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    you will get it in $eaven(

    Hante Blighieri

    O O O O O O O O O O

    5o live only for some future goal is shallow(

    It8s the sides of the mountain that sustain life,not the top(

    obert >( Pirsig,

    O O O O O O O O O O

    +Y'NS:

    ;aptist $ymnal ;$"

    Chalice $ymnal C$"

    Collegeville $ymnal C3"Common Praise CP"

    6vangelical #utheran Worship 6#W"

    :ather Comprehensive :C"&ourney4ongs &4"

    #utheran ;oo) of Worship #;W"

    #utheran 4ervice ;oo) #4;"

    #utheran Worship #W"Presbyterian $ymnal P$"

    5he Daith We 4ing 5DW4"

    5he $ymnal ethodist $ymnal A>$"

    Eoices Anited EA"With 3ne Eoice W3E"

    Wonder #ove and Praise W#P"

    Worship ejoice W"

    GAT+ERING:

    Come, 5hou Dount of 6very ;lessing ;$ Q

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    $ere, 3 #ord, !our 4ervants :ather ;$ Q$ Q@@F EA Q/0F W#P Q1*/F W Q@*1"

    We $ave Come at Christ8s 3wn ;idding CP Qountain Pea) 5$ Q$ Q/-F W Q$ Q/2*F W Q21"

    SEN.ING:

    3 >orning 4tar, $ow Dair and ;right C$ Q

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    +Y'N STORY:  Christ, Whose :lory Dills the 4)ies

    5his hymn was written by Charles Wesley, the brother of &ohn Wesley and the author of

    so many hymns 7#ove Hivine, Bll #oves 6xcelling,7 73 for a 5housand 5ongues to

    4ing,7 7Christ the #ord Is isen 5oday,7 7$ar) the $erald Bngels 4ing,7 and more thansix thousand others"(

    5his hymn celebrates Christ8s glory''glory being a ;iblical word usually associated with

    the splendor of :od8s presence or the splendor of :od8s creation(

    &esus Christ shared :od8s glory'':od8s magnificent presence( $is glory was revealed onthe >ount of 5ransfiguration to three of his disciples, Peter, &ames, and &ohn( 4eeing that

    glory astonished them''terrified them( >y guess is that, if :od were to reveal himself to

    us in all his glory, we might be a bit overwhelmed too( ;ut the disciples didn8t have anyreason to be afraid( &esus didn8t come to hurt them, but to help them(

    In this hymn, Wesley sees Christ8s glory filling the s)ies li)e the sun''triumphing overthe shades of night( I li)e that vision of Christ8s glory, because it helps me to see Christ

    in every sunrise( Christ8s glory floods the world with light and dispels the dar)ness, just

    li)e the sun( 5he son, 4.3., is li)e the sun, 4.A., bringing light and warmth and life

    to our world(

     356+ 4ee more hymn stories at http+JJwww(lectionary(orgJhymnstories(htm

    4CIP5A6 RA35B5I34 are from the World 6nglish ;ible W6;", a public domain no copyright"

    modern 6nglish translation of the $oly ;ible( 5he World 6nglish ;ible is based on the Bmerican 4tandard

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