DAILY CONTEMPLATION

August 19, 2026 ~ Mesore 13, 1742

“Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain
apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.” (Mk 9:2)
In six days the whole world, this perfect work of art, was made.
But there is One who transcends all the things of the world, all that belongs to the “six days.”
Being eternal, this One beholds not only what is seen in time, but what is not seen and is eternal.
If therefore any one of us wishes to be taken by Jesus, and led up by Him into the high mountain,
and be deemed worthy to witness His transfiguration apart,
let him pass beyond the six days, because he no longer beholds the things which are seen,
nor longer loves the world, nor the things in the world.
Origen