THEOLOGICAL CLUE

Depending on the lectionary followed and the calendar year used in this cycle, this Sun-day could very well fall near August 6. Liturgical "old-timers" in some churches will remember that August 6 is, or was, the date for celebrating the Transfiguration of Our Lord. The Book of Common Prayer continues a practice formerly followed by Lutheran books of worship: Namely, that the Transfiguration is observed on the Last Sunday after the Epiphany by the use of the readings for the Transfiguration, while August 6th remains the feast of the Transfiguration. August 6th is the date on which the Roman Catholic calendar places the actual celebration of the Transfiguration, although one of the gospel accounts of the Transfiguration is read annually on the Second Sunday in Lent. The Lu…