Over the last few weeks, I have been studying the transfiguration of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke (Lk 9:28-36). In these verses, Jesus goes up on a mountain to pray with three of his disciples, Peter, John and James. While Jesus is praying, the appearance of his face changes and his clothes glow white. Moses and Elijah appear and talk with him. Peter suggests they build three shelters for them, just before the entire group is engulfed in a cloud. A voice speaks from the cloud declaring, “This is my Son, the chosen, listen to him.” The cloud vanishes and Moses and Elijah have gone. Jesus and the disciples descend the mountain.
