The Feast of the Transfiguration

Today is the great Feast of the Transfiguration (even though last night and this morning I thought it was on Tuesday). I had my craft all planned out to do today since we weren't going to be around to do it tomorrow. So we sat down to discuss the feast and work on our craft and I told them it was tomorrow, etc. Then after we were done I got on the computer and, lo and behold, the feast IS today! All is well that ends well.

“This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”

Luke 9:35 from today's Gospel

I love these words. God spoke from the cloud that enveloped Jesus and Moses and Elijah. He tells Peter, James and John to listen to Jesus. The children and I were talking about how these words in Scripture weren't meant for just these three Apostles. The were recorded so that we might here these words and listen as well. I can't think of anything that might help me more in my day to day struggles in the little things of life. If only I would just LISTEN! It is so easy for me to talk a mile a minute to my friends and family and I really have to think about listening to them. And so it goes with Jesus. I am so busy talking to Him and I spend far too little time listening to Him. So my motto today is "button it up and listen!"

The kids had a great time with their craft, as you can see. It is really fun to be able to include Andrew in our projects at a greater level. He is able to do more than just sit there and scribble now. It is fun. he still requires lots of help, but it is a wonderful thing to watch his joy as he creates. I printed off the picture of Jesus and had the kids color him as we read. Then we cut around the outline and glued it to some blue paper. The children loved the last part. They painted a thin layer of glue all over Jesus and then sprinkled clear glitter all over him. He really does shine like the Gospel says. I bought this glitter last spring and I really love it. Most glitter is so fine and powdery. This one is bigger and easy to use. I love all the colors. I recommend it!