De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

The top of Mt. Tabor, where the Transfiguration took place.  Sunday's Scripture centred around the story of the Transfiguration. You can hear Fr. Kevin Hale's homily here . In it, he talks about how this event prepares us to face the trauma of Holy Week. The Cross always comes before the glory. I have stood on top of Mt. Tabor with Father Kevin. You have to remember the title of my blog - De Omnibus Dubitandem Est ...And approaching this site I thought I could never believe that it was anything more than one of a number of possible sites where something extraordinary was supposed to have happened a long, long while ago. On arrival at the top and in some degree of wonder, I found my scepticism left me and I felt full of faith and the Spirit, excited to be here, where Biblical events took place. I was so inspired that I began to talk effusively to my fellow pilgrims, of Moses and Elijah and the theology of what happened in that place. The literal story as recounted in...

Welcome to this, the thirty-first of my reflections on the theology of the Sunday readings at Mass. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I sincerely hope that this reflection will inspire you. You might find that it answers a few questions you may have, but most of all I hope that it will show you how fantastic Sacred Scripture is and perhaps enable you to share some of my love and passion for the Bible as you begin to comprehend how layered and multi-faceted it is, and what a carefully considered part of the Mass the readings are. If you want to know how these posts came about, please read my first post in this series  here . I would like to think this regular blog would be a great help to anyone who reads at Mass, to enable them to foster a deeper understanding of the message they are trying to impart to the congregation. There are several different ways to read this post. I would suggest the first thing to do is to look at the relevant  ...