🌿 Sunday, March 1, 2026 The Transfiguration Fully Rejuvenating Our Soul Photo created by James Dacey, Jr. using Co-Pilot. Second Sunday of Lent • Year A • Lent 2026 • Year A • Beads of Joy Blog II ✝️ Today's Mass Readings First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4a Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9 📖 The Gospel - Matthew 17:1-9 Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, and right before their eyes, He is transfigured. His face shines like the sun, His clothes become dazzling white, Moses and Elijah appear, and the voice of the Father speaks from a cloud: This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him. And then it is over. And Jesus touches them and says, get up, don't be afraid. 🙏 Gospel Reflection The Transfiguration is given to us on the Second Sunday of Lent every year, and it is a gift placed perfectly in the middle of the hard work of these forty days. You've been prayin...