Matthew 17-Jesus' Transfirguration

SLIDES GEORGE READ IN THE GATHERING

Love is not just something that happens to you. It is a certain, special way of being alive.

—Thomas Merton

There are two utterly different forms of religion: one believes that God will love me if I change; the other believes that God loves me so that I can change! Ideas inform us, but love forms us—in an intrinsic and lasting way. God is always willing to wait for the lasting transformations brought about by love.

—Richard Rohr