These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.

Transfiguration of the Lord, August 6

Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them;  from the cloud came a voice,  “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone
but Jesus alone with them. As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant. (Mk 9:2-10)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080624.cfm
There are some things that we can only full appreciate or understand from hindsight. The Transfiguration is one of them. Only in the light of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus did Peter and the others understand what had happened on the mountain. We remember all those who died on this day in 1945 at Hiroshima, Japan.