Put On Your Overalls!

Two men were standing on a big city street corner, trying to hail a taxicab. Not an easy task, since it was raining very hard. One man turned to the other and started a conversation which went as follows:

First man: “If it keeps raining like this we’ll all have to build an ark.”

Second man: “What’s an ark?”

First man: “You mean you haven’t heard about Noah and the ark, and the great flood and all those animals?”

Second man: “Look, my friend, I’ve only been in town for a day, and I haven’t even had time to read a newspaper.”

Today’s Gospel Lesson includes Mark’s version of the Transfiguration story. Did I hear someone ask, “What’s a Transfiguration?”

Always there is mystery in the air, a fact of life which the Gospel writers never let us forget. In today’s Lesson, the awesome power and glory of God are mysteriously revealed in Jesus Christ on a hilltop we now call the Mount of…