So I have seen the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls and San Francisco Bay and the sea lions of Pacific Grove. I've been to Monument Valley and Martha's Vineyard, I have seen the Iberian Peninsula from the air and stood on the Mount of Olives looking down on Jerusalem like Jesus and the apostles. I could go on and on. We could compile quite a list of the amazing sights we've seen. It isn't what you see, but how it affects you that matters.
Sight is useless, unless at some level it is accompanied by insight.
Our gospel story today is about an amazing sight three disciples behold. They climb to the mountain top with Jesus. Elijah and Moses stand with him. The disciples seeing all this can't believe their eyes. They shake and quake.