Aug 18, 2026 · 1 min · 5 segments
Listen in to James Gallyer's sermon for the Feast of the Transfiguration, preached at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark on August 9, 2026. To follow along with the lectionary readings that inspired…
In the late summer when vacations abound and we have fully settled into the quiet steadiness of ordinary time, the liturgical year gifts us with a startling reminder of the mysteriousness of God.
Mysterious because it is so far beyond our capacity to express.
If anything, the Transfiguration leaves us not with words to explain, but instead questions to ask.
Why? Why did Jesus bring Peter, James, and John to that summit? Why did his face change and his clothes become a dazzling white? And what does it all mean for us? Holy mysteries like the Transfiguration have a way of inevitably leading us to the beginning.
The Word was present from the beginning when the Spirit swept over the waters of the deep.
The Word heard the cry of their people when they were enslaved in the land of Egypt.
and came down to deliver them.
The Word, God themself, the Holy One, who created all things, has been in the business of reaching down into the messiness of the world and mortality from the beginning.
So beloved are we that the Word became flesh and lived among us.
In the late summer when vacations abound and we have fully settled into the quiet steadiness of ordinary time, the liturgical year gifts us with a startling reminder of the mysteriousness of God.
Mysterious because it is so far beyond our capacity to express.
If anything, the Transfiguration leaves us not with words to explain, but instead questions to ask.
Why? Why did Jesus bring Peter, James, and John to that summit? Why did his face change and his clothes become a dazzling white? And what does it all mean for us? Holy mysteries like the Transfiguration have a way of inevitably leading us to the beginning.
The Word was present from the beginning when the Spirit swept over the waters of the deep.
The Word heard the cry of their people when they were enslaved in the land of Egypt.
and came down to deliver them.
The Word, God themself, the Holy One, who created all things, has been in the business of reaching down into the messiness of the world and mortality from the beginning.
So beloved are we that the Word became flesh and lived among us.
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