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Down From the Mountaintop

The Last Sunday of Epiphany 2-3 March 2019 Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12—4:2 Luke 9:28-36 Welcome to the last Sunday of Epiphany.   Yes, as incredible as it may seem, as cold as it is today, Lent is already upon us. And if Lent is upon us, can Easter be far behind?   And with Easter, the promise of spring.   Believe me, those who have heard me whine about the weather and lack of sunlight for the past several months are yearning for the advent of spring with every fiber of their being. But before we get too far in our anticipation of spring and Easter, I need to pull us back into Epiphany one last time, because we have a long, dry forty days of Lent between us today and the joy of Easter.   To set the stage for Ash Wednesday, at the end of the service today we will symbolically bury the word alleluia, which we don't say during Lent, until Easter, when you will hear the alleluias again.   Our readings today also set the stage for our entry