The Sunday next before Lent - Reflection by Canon Leslie

​Today is Transfiguration Sunday that draws to a close the Season of Epiphany. The Church’s Season of Epiphany is concerned with the theme of revelation, how the presence and power of God is made known through the person of Jesus. At the beginning of the Epiphany Season the voice from heaven spoke to Jesus at his baptism, ‘You are my Son’. Now at the end of the Epiphany Season the same voice speaks at Jesus’ transfiguration, but now to those who are with him, ‘This is my Son’. This time the divine revelation clothes Jesus, appropriately, with robes of pure and dazzling white.
 
For those of you who wanted to do some thinking and preparation for today’s service during the preceding week, I invited you to reflect on the image of wearing white. In today’s picture from their book Journeys, Aled and Sian are meeting the choir in St. David's Cathedral. Today the members of the choir are wearing white robes.
 
Next Sunday is the First Sunday of Lent when the Gospel reading focuses attention on Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness. Jesus was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan. Jesus was with the wild beasts, and angels waited on him. The image to help us prepare for next Sunday is showman. You can find out more about that theme here https://www.prayerforliverpool.org/prayer-resources.html. We would really appreciate you letting us know how you are using these materials. Please send us your ideas and photos of the things you may create; email them to [email protected].
 
To read the entirety of the book, Journeys, please follow this link to the book on the St. Mary’s Centre website: http://www.st-marys-centre.org.uk/resources/Exploring%20Our%20World%20Series/Journeys/Journeys%20Short%202016%20WEB.pdf. In addition, for more adventures with Aled and Sian in the Exploring Our World series, follow this is link to the relevant tab of the Resources page of the St. Mary’s Centre website: http://www.st-marys-centre.org.uk/resources/Exploring%20Our%20World.html.
 
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​Aled and Sian send their Sunday greetings to all.
 
Canon Leslie