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Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead could mean. Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He said to them, “Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How then is it written about the Son of Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written about him.” Mark 9:2-13

Creator of all hidden and revealed

you chose to show yourself in visions

to people who are often overlooked

you dwell with outcasts and outsiders.

You took the disciples to the mountain

and they were afraid and did not understand

we often see you revealed in earth's beauty

yet we too fail to comprehend your work.

We have witnessed our world forever changed

the losses and the violence have consumed us

we fail to see your revelation in our time

yet you would have us see beyond our fears.

Turn us so that we too can witness truth

let light shine in our darkened places

help us to rejoice in the love you give us

and carry it from mountain to valley and back again. Amen.