V May we recognise

Transfiguration

to come out of the cloud and it said, ‘This is my son, the one I have chosen, listen to him.’

For a long time, Peter, James and John told nobody what had happened on the mountain. It was an important experience for them and for Jesus. It was a story that the church would later tell again and again.

Ruth Burgess, Spill the Beans

May we recognise

We don’t need Harry Potter with his spells of transfiguration: may we simply have eyes of faith and see the wonder among us.

May we recognise your poetry in every meadow, your humour in every face, your cunning in every season, your imagination in every voice, your joke in Scotland’s weather, your patience in every glacier, your question in every faith, your excitement with every follower, your love in every friendship, your passion in every fingerprint, your laughter in every sunrise, your mystery at the heart of it all.

May we believe, without Harry’s Elder Wand or Hogwarts latest book of spells, that we can transfigure anything when we recognise your love at the heart of everything. So be it. Amen.

Liz Crumlish