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Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings,[h] one for you, one for Moses, and one for
Elijah”—not knowing what he said. (Luke 9:33, NRSVCE)
So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. (2 Peter 1:19, NRSVCE)
Peter.
We are always Peter, the Peter who thinks he’s already given up everything, and will find out how woefully arrogant and ignorant that statement was. The Peter who boasts he will always stand by Jesus, and well, you know what happened there. The Peter at the Transfiguration who wants to clutch onto what he has seen, because if tents aren’t set up quickly, Moses and Elijah and maybe even Jesus will leave if they don’t.
But we can also be the Peter who wrote or inspired today’s second reading, the person confident in faith, who knows the importance of nurturing it the whole day. That Peter is rock-solid in his hard-won belief, and is passionate about sharing that reliable prophetic message.
Peter.
The Lord doesn’t care if you were Peter the doubter, the boaster, or the clutcher yesterday. He desires that today, however, you might take on the faith of the man who was tested, failed, and had the strength to start again.
