Beloved: We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that unique declaration came to him from the majestic glory, “This is my Son, my beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain. (2 Peter 1:16-18)

Like the witness of the first disciples, we too have been to the Holy Mountain and have caught glimpse of Jesus revealed in glory. And as the Lord reminds us, we are witnesses of these things “to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). The picture today is the Great Western Window of the Basilica of Saint Lawrence in Asheville, NC.