In the northern hemisphere, where the liturgical calendar originated, nature itself is a sign of that growing enlightenment, as the days gradually lengthen following the winter solstice. The Transfiguration of Jesus is the culmination of the other major theme of the season: Light and enlightenment – the Great Light revealed in the birth of Jesus at Christmas illumining the darkness of the world and of our own hearts and minds. The last Sunday of the season recounts the Transfiguration of Jesus, the dazzling brightness of his divinity shining through the cloak of his human flesh. Martin Luther King, Jr., in whose life the light of Christ shone forth in our own time. On that Sunday, we also commemorate The Rev. This year (Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary), on the second Sunday after the feast we hear the testimony of John the Baptist to Jesus as the Son of God. The first Sunday after the feast celebrates the Baptism of Christ, the revelation of Jesus as God’s beloved Son. Sunday by Sunday, the Epiphany season unfolds the meaning of the Incarnation: God come among us in a child fully human, fully divine. “What child is this?” we sang at Christmas.
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