The lesson for the second Sunday of Lent comes from St. Paul's letter to the Thessalonians.

Brethren, even as you have learned from us how you ought to walk to please God, as indeed you are walking,

we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus to make even greater progress.

For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.

For this is the will of God your sanctification,

that you abstain from immorality, that every one of you learn how to possess his vessel in holiness

and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God, that no one

transgress and overreach his brother in the matter because the Lord is the avenger of all

these things as we have told you before and have testified. For God has not called us unto uncleanness,

but unto holiness in Christ Jesus, our Lord. A continuation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew,

at that time Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John,

and led them up a high mountain by themselves, and was transfigured before them, and his face

shone as the sun, and his garments became white as snow. And behold, there appeared to them

Moses and Elias talking together with him. Then Peter addressed

Jesus saying, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you will, let us set up three tense here.

One for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias. As he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them,

and behold a voice out of the cloud said, this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased,

hear him. And on hearing it, the disciples fell on their faces and were exceedingly afraid.

And Jesus came up and touched them and said to them,

Arise and do not be afraid.

But lifting up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.

And as they were coming down from the mountain,

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