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It is good for us to be here

The Transfiguration of the Lord At the bottom of the mount of Transfiguration there are a number of taxis waiting to take pilgrims up the mountain. They drivers drive very fast and the roads are very narrow and on the side I was sitting all you can see is the sheer drop to a valley which I later found out to be the valley of Armageddon. Very ironic I thought later. So the words of St Peter in todays Gospel meant a lot to me when we arrived on the top “ Lord it is good for us to be here” and I added under my breath “Alive.”  But those words by St Peter are something that I have been thinking about over the last few weeks. When friends ask me what it is like in Brighton I say it is good to be here it is a wonderful and diverse place. But  for St Peter the phrase I realise that what he actually meant was it is good to be with the Lord to be in his presence and see his glory. Peter was over come with emotion I am sure and struggled to find the words of what he had just seen and