There are many who pray: "Give us more blessings, O LORD. Look on us with kindness!"

But the joy that you have given me is more than they will ever have with all their grain and wine.

I have asked the LORD for one thing; one thing only do I want: to live in the LORD's house all my life, to marvel there at his goodness, and to ask for his guidance.

Let me see you in the sanctuary; let me see how mighty and glorious you are.

I will give you thanks as long as I live; I will raise my hands to you in prayer.

But as for me, how wonderful to be near God, to find protection with the Sovereign LORD and to proclaim all that he has done!

Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father; that is all we need."

The God who said, "Out of darkness the light shall shine!" is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.

When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him,

Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, "Teacher, how good it is that we are here! We will make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He and the others were so frightened that he did not know what to say.

Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup of suffering that I must drink? Can you be baptized in the way I must be baptized?"