Staying on the Journey

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For 8 March 2020, Second Sunday of Lent, based on Matthew 17:1–9

Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.

  As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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About Jean Marie Dwyer OP

Sr. Jean Marie Dwyer, OP is a Dominican nun belonging to the Queen of Peace Monastery in Squamish, BC. She has been a Dominican for many years and the author of two books: The Sacred Place of Prayer and The Unfolding Journey the God Within: Etty Hillesum and Meister Eckhart. And recently published: The Quest for the Divine: Philosopher, Prophet and Mystic.