In today’s Gospel we hear the story of Jesus and three of his disciples going to a mountain where they meet two important prophets from the past, Moses and Elijah.  Suddenly Jesus becomes whiter than white, so bright that it is hard to gaze upon him and the voice of God the Father comes from the clouds and says,

“This is My Son, My Beloved, listen to Him”.

 We begin our prayer by blessing ourselves;

+ In the name of the Father,

and of the Son and of the

Holy Spirit. 

Amen

The Gospel of Mark 9:2-9 (ICB)

After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There, he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”  (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)

Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”

Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

The Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

Activity

I invite the children to draw a picture of the Gospel Story. 

You will need:

• plain paper

• a pencil a

• colouring pencils or crayons

Things to Do…

As a family I invite you to complete a word search.

Search for the words in the puzzle, words can be found up, down, diagonal, backwards and forwards and may share a letter. 

Good Luck! 

It might help to highlight your answers in different colours.

Click on the link below for the word search:

https://www.armagharchdiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Transfiguration-Word-Search.pdf

Let Us Pray

1. God our Loving Father we pray for the Church and Its leaders, we remember especially Pope Francis, Archbishop Eamon, his assistant Bishop Michael and all Priest, Deacons and religious of our Diocese.

Lord hear us.

Lord graciously hear us.

2. God our Loving Father, we pray for all world leaders, that they will do what is right for the poor and most vulnerable in our society.

Lord hear us.

Lord graciously hear us.

3. God our Loving Father, we pray for all who do not know and love you yet.  We pray that they too will encounter a personal and loving relationship with you through your Holy Spirit and the Church community.

Lord hear us.

Lord graciously hear us.

4. God our Loving Father, we pray for all who have been hurt by Church, we ask you to heal their pain and suffering and to pour out you love and peace upon them.

Lord hear us.

Lord graciously hear us.

5. God our Loving Father, we pray for an end to the Covid-19 global pandemic.  Heal all who are suffering physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally and financially from the effects of the Coronavirus.

Lord hear us.

Lord graciously hear us.

6. Now pray for your own special intentions…….

Lord hear us.

Lord graciously hear us.

We offer all our prays spoken and unspoken to our Mother Mary as we pray together:

Hail May, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee.

Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed in the fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.  Amen.

 Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I Love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my Soul. Since I cannot, at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

Bringing Parish Home

Killaloe Diocese has created this wonderful resource that
gives some advice on how we can ‘Bring Parish Home’ during these uncertain and difficult times.