We heard this ourselves when we were with him.

Wednesday 6th August, 2008
Transfiguration. Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14.The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth—Ps 96(97):1-2, 5-6, 9. 2 Peter 1:16-19. Matthew 17:1-9.

Readings: Text

Peter is reaffirming the experience he and James and John had on the mountain. He was overwhelmed by what he saw and heard. The Father’s words were the same Jesus’ friends had heard at his baptism, as Jesus began his public ministry.

Peter wants us all to hear those words, to increase our faith in Jesus, to understand a little better that our God is all-powerful, all-loving, all-forgiving to each of us.

Daniel’s prophetic writing shows how difficult it is to express in words the munificence that is God’s. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.