NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR COVENANT 42ND ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2023 This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday. It is also Covenant’s 42nd Anniversary as an “Inclusive community of Faith – Offering Hope + Showing Faithfulness + Sharing Joy.” How fortuitous that Transfiguration Sunday and Covenant’s Anniversary coincide on the same...
This Sunday we observe Jesus’ Transfiguration. “Trans” is a Latin verb meaning “to cross from one side to the other” as one does in becoming transgender. Next week, another “trans” takes place when the indulgence and noisy festivities of Mardi Gras ends on Fat Tuesday; and the solemnity of Lent...
This week we will commemorate Transfiguration Sunday, when Jesus was transfigured on a Mountain in the presence of three of His disciples. The Lectionary scriptures for Transfiguration Sunday this year includes II Corinthians 3:15-17, “Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their (our) minds;...
The gospel text assigned from Mark 9 for Transfiguration Sunday includes verses 2 & 9: “Six days later, Jesus took with Him, Peter, James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And He was transfigured before …” Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the...