READINGS FOR THE LAST SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY February 15, 2026
A Reading from Exodus (24:12-18).
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.” Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
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Psalm 99 Dominus regnavit
1 The LORD is King, be the people never so impatient; *
he sitteth between the Cherubim,
be the earth never so unquiet.
2 The LORD is great in Sion *
and high above all people.
3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name, *
which is great, wonderful, and holy.
4 The King’s power loveth judgment;
thou hast prepared equity, *
thou hast executed judgment
and righteousness in Jacob.
5 O magnify the LORD our God, and fall down
before his footstool; *
for he is holy.
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6 Moses and Aaron​
among his priests, and Samuel
among such as call upon his Name: *
these called upon the LORD, and he heard them.
7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar; *
for they kept his testimonies, and the law
that he gave them.
8 Thou heardest them, O LORD our God; *
thou forgavest them, O God, though thou didst
punish their wicked doings.
9 O magnify the LORD our God, and worship him
upon his holy hill; *
for the LORD our God is holy.
A Reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians (3:7-14).
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Matthew(17:1-9).
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.” And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”