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January 25, 2005

Volume 122, Issue #2

Lectionary

Heart of the matter: Exodus 24:12-18; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9

The vagaries of the calendar and the cycles of the moon bring in an early Lent and Easter this year, and so the transfiguration has come early too, cutting short the season of Sundays after Epiphany. Unexpectedly, we find ourselves back up on the mountain with Jesus. We were just there to hear him describing those who populate the kingdom of heaven. Now he returns, not with all the disciples this time, but only the insider troika of Peter, James and John.

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