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5 He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so, he added, will your descendants be.
6 Abram put his faith in the LORD, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.
7 He then said to him: I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession.
8 “Lord GOD,” he asked, “how will I know that I will possess it?”
9 He answered him: Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 He brought him all these, split them in two, and placed each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut up.
11 Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram scared them away.
12 As the sun was about to set, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great, dark dread descended upon him.
17 When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch, which passed between those pieces.
18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River, the Euphrates,
17 Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us.
18 For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
21 He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.
1 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
21 He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.
1 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, beloved.
Gospel: Luke 9:28b-36 (The Transfiguration of Jesus)
Gospel: Luke 9:28b-36 (The Transfiguration of Jesus)
28 About eight days after he said this, he took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray.
29 While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white.
30 And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.
32 Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
33 As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But he did not know what he was saying.
34 While he was still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered the cloud.
35 Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”
36 After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They fell silent and did not at that time tell anyone what they had seen.
What/Where is...?
What/Where is...?
birthplace of Abram/Abraham
in today's southern Iraq
Heifer - a young cow before she has had her first calf
Courtesy of "Israel, A History Of"
Turtledove - a bird
Birds of prey (raptors) - birds that mainly hunt and feed on animals that are as large or larger than the bird itself
European Turtledove
(From Wikipedia)
Birds of Prey
(From Wikipedia)
Wadi of Egypt
A wadi is an Arabic term used in North Africa and Arabia to describe a watercourse that has a dry bed except when it rains and often forms oasis. The watercourse could be a channel, a stream, a valley, or just a course followed by water during periods of rainfall.
The Nile is the only permanent river in Egypt, though the country has several major wadis. Some dry tributaries or wadis intercept the Nile as it transverses the Eastern Deserts. These wadis drain their water to the Red Sea coast. The wadis of river Nile include the Wadi Abbad, Shait, and El-Kharit. The wadis of Sinai are Wadi Mukattab and the Wadi Feiran. The River Nile has no seasonal tributaries during its course in Egypt. In the Nile Delta, the Nile splits into branches and secondary channels.
Courtesy of World Atlas
Courtesy of World Atlas
Transfiguration
A complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state.
In the Bible, the face of Jesus shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light.
Who is/are...?
Who is/are...?
Abram
The original name of Abraham
Chaldean
People of Chaldea, which is in today's Iraq.
Philippians
People of Philippi, which is in today's Greece
Luke
Luke
He was a physician. He was a disciple of St Paul.
He wrote the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts (or Acts of the Apostles).
Short video about St Luke (2 minutes 21 seconds)
The person that God called to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
Through Moses, God taught the Israelites how to be His children including the Ten Commandments, how to trust and worship God, and how to be a people of God (the Church).
A prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the time of King Ahab.
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