REFLECTTION: Matthew 17:1-9 “The Transfiguration” Do you understand the transfiguration? If you think you do, you have probably only begun to scratch the surface, because as many times as I look at it, the more I realise that I don’t fully understand it and the more mysterious it gets. In the transfiguration, we see the past, the present and the future blurring together with Jesus, now in a glorified future form, talking with Moses who died 1500 years earlier, and with Elijah who went direct...

REFLECTION: Matthew 5:13-20 “Salt & Light” What does it mean to be in the world but not of the world? Jesus tells his disciples in John 17 that though they are in the world, they do not belong to the world. Paul tells us in Romans 12 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds” Romans 12:2. How do we live faithfully for God in a corrupted world so that we are not shaped by it or conformed to it? Are we to live separately from the people of this world,...

REFLECTION: Matthew 5:1-12 “Blessed are you” Who are the happiest or most blessed people in the world today? Popular opinion would probably come up with a list that sounds something like this: - Blessed are the rich, because they have all they need and more. - Blessed are the beautiful people, because good looks go a long way. In today’s reading from the Sermon on the Mount, we see a different set of values. Those who are blessed in God’s sight include the poor in spirit, the meek, the...