The Transfiguration        This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Lent in which we read the Gospel of Jesus’ Transfiguration (Mt 17:1-9). It probably occurred around February 29 AD. Use your imagination to picture the scene:   It is early morning. Perhaps Spring was early that year. Jesus and all His disciples are coming from northern Galilee, heading south towards Mt. Tabor which is southeast of Nazareth. At the foot of Mt. Tabor, Jesus says that Peter, James, and John will go with Him, and He sends the rest of the disciples along the roads to preach the Good News.       Peter, being the oldest, is out of breath much more quickly than young John, James, or Jesus, then maybe 32. Jesus says to them to rest in the shade and goes over to a large rock at the summit of the mountain to pray. The warmth and exertion soon have Peter, James, and John cat-napping in the sunshine. Suddenly they are roused by a brilliancy that is so striking that it...