“He was transfigured before them”.  Mark 9:2

Today’s Gospel reading, the story of the transfiguration of Jesus, can be thought about in four words: chosen, changed, challenged, and cherished.

In Saint Mark Chapter 9 Verse 2, it says, “Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves”.

Within the Twelve, Jesus seems to have an inner circle of followers, a chosen group, who are with him at particular moments. It seems always strange that Andrew is not part of the …