DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION

6 August, 2021 - Friday

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DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION

AUGUST 6, 2021

FRIDAY - FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD

FIRST READING

DANIEL 7:9-10, 13-14 OR (DEUTERONOMY 4:32-40)

9 As I watched, Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was snow bright, and the hair on his head as white as wool; His throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire.10 A surging stream of fire flowed out from where he sat; Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him, and myriads upon myriads attended him. The court was convened, and the books were opened. 13 As the visions during the night continued, I saw One like a son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him, 14 He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and peoples of every language serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed.

The Word of the Lord
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM

PSALMS 96(97):1-2, 5-6, 9 OR (PSALMS 77:12-16, 21)

Response: The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.

LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!
Clouds and thick darkness are round about him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

R. The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.

The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the LORD of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his righteousness;
and all the peoples behold his glory.

R. The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.

For thou, O LORD, art most high over all the earth;
thou art exalted far above all gods.

R. The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.
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SECOND READING

2 PETER 1:16-19

16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased," 18 we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. 19 And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

The Word of the Lord
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GOSPEL 

This is My Son, the Beloved - Listen to Him!
 
MARK 9:2-10 OR (MATTHEW 17:1-9 / MATTHEW 16:24-28)
 
2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. 5 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 6 He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!" 8 Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. 9 As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead could mean.
 
The Gospel of the Lord
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REFLECTION

DAILY QUOTE FROM THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS
 
The transfiguration of Jesus, by Jerome (347-420 AD)
 
"Do you wish to see the transfiguration of Jesus? Behold with me the Jesus of the Gospels. Let him be simply apprehended. There he is beheld both 'according to the flesh' and at the same time in his true divinity. He is beheld in the form of God according to our capacity for knowledge. This is how he was beheld by those who went up upon the lofty mountain to be apart with him. Meanwhile those who do not go up the mountain can still behold his works and hear his words, which are uplifting. It is before those who go up that Jesus is transfigured, and not to those below. When he is transfigured, his face shines as the sun, that he may be manifested to the children of light, who have put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light (Romans 13:12). They are no longer the children of darkness or night but have become the children of day. They walk honestly as in the day. Being manifested, he will shine to them not simply as the sun but as he is demonstrated to be, the sun of righteousness."
 
(excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 12.37.10)
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Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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