Twelfth Sunday after Trinity AD 2026

Whenever Moses had been in the presence of God, his face shone. The radiance of Moses’ face was so bright that the children of Israel could not look upon it—just as we cannot look directly at the sun, because its brightness hurts our eyes and can even blind us.

We probably do not often think of the glory of the sun as itself a reflection of God’s glory. Still less do we think that we, too, are called to reflect God’s light and glory in this world, to the people around us—not to blind them, but to help them truly see.

Jesus made the blind see, the deaf hear, and the mute speak. But He did this not only for their own sake. Those who had once been in darkness were now called to become light themselves. Those who had been deaf were enabled to hear not only the Word of God, but also the cries, sorrows, and longings of their fellow men. And those who had once been mute were given a voice to proclaim the mercy of God and to bring the word of His salvation to those who would otherwise perish.

For God “hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”