Dec 11, 2021 | Word Among Us
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...
Dec 26, 2018 | Word Among Us
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...
