When that day comes, heaven will be on fire and will be destroyed. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and melt. 2 Peter 3:12

This week August 6, THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, according to the Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman Catholic, Anglican Church of Canada (BAS) and Church of England Lectionaries. This is a feast day of our Lord. A day of celebration when white vestments and hangings are used. It was declared a universal feast day in 1457 by Pope Callistus III (Died: 6-Aug-1458) though might have been observed in the East since the fourth century. This day holds importance for us as we read again the gospel story of Christ on the mountain, appearing transformed in glory with Elijah and Moses to the puzzled and stunned disciples Peter, James and John. We also remember the more than 200000 lives lost when the United States dropped the atomic bomb August 6, 1945 a profoundly dramatic event that forever changed the world. This cataclysm released such energy that a blue sky was transfigured into a blinding white light of an intensity never before witnessed.