THE GREENING OF THE GOSPEL
SERMONS FOR ADVENT, CHRISTMAS AND EPIPHANY SUNDAYS 1-8 IN ORDINARY TIME)
Eight days after Jesus had told his disciples that some of them would live to see the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God, he took Peter, James and John and went up into a mountain place to pray. The concept of the Kingdom of God deserves some consideration here, because Luke records that, while the disciples were engaged in a prayer vigil with Jesus, they beheld the miraculous appearance of Moses and Elijah together with Jesus. Their conversation centered around the Master's impending crucifixion.