As they were coming down from the mountain

SAINT DAMASUS I, POPE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) As they were coming down from the mountain . . .  Today’s Gospel (Matthew 17:9-13) immediately follows the story of the Transfiguration. Peter, James, and John had gone up the mountain to be alone with Jesus. As they set aside...

As they were coming down from the mountain

As they were coming down from the mountain.  Mere hours ago, the disciples had witnessed Jesus being transfigured in a cloud of glory.   So it might seem a little ordinary and anticlimactic for today’s Gospel (Matthew 17:9) to focus on the disciples trekking back down...

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