Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Friends, on this Second Sunday of Lent, our first reading about Abraham and Matthew’s account of the Transfiguration orient us to a basic biblical principle. God has made us to go out from ourselves, to experience the splendor of reality. The more we let go of ourselves and our prerogatives—and the less we try to grasp and hang on to things—the more alive we become. Salvation, therefore, has a lot to do with adventure.

Mass Readings:
Reading 1 — Genesis 12:1-4a
Psalm — Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
Reading 2 —2 Timothy 1:8-10
Gospel — Matthew 17:1-9

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