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Transfiguration A

Exodus 24:12–18

Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. (Exod 24:17)

You in your holiness burn hot and wild

and we cannot even touch the fringe

like the sun we can only scuttle our ships

lest we rocket too close and get pulled in

But from time to time and place to place

you let your devouring fire flame free

and in grace it does not burn or consume us

and we can stand to be in your corona unshielded

Moses in the clouds and ocean floors undiscovered

Jesus and Elijah mountaintops and firstborns swaddled

astonishing enactments on earth of your will good and just

moments when the second hand stops and joy lingers

We would grasp you in these moments if we could

but your flames elude our fingers and palms and minds,

our categories and rules, and so you are free

from our control and we are unscorched and glad to be