Dear Parishioners:
The human being is intended by God
to experience Glory. This is part of
God’s salvific will for all of us. We
are to be sharers in Divine Life and in Jesus Christ we see Divine Life lived
humanly. The Transfiguration of Jesus in
the presence of His most intimate disciples, Peter, James and John, is a
revelation of the Glory that is in Him, experience in His humanity just a short
time before His Passion and Death. It
serves as a reminder that God is alive in us, present in our world and at the
very core of our being. A glimpse of
Glory is a source of strength that frees us to endure whatever happens in the
world due to our limitations, whether caused by mere human weakness or by our
choice of sin. God can accomplish in us
more than we can ever ask or imagine.
As we continue our journey through
Lent, we are invited to seek the Glory of God above all else. All our decisions and choices must put God
first. When we come to realize all that
we are considering more important than God, we must become humble and ask to
see the world as God sees it.
The Transfiguration was an intimate
moment of prayer for Jesus, as He meets Moses and Elijah to converse about what
is going to happen to Him. He chose to
share this moment with His closest disciples, knowing full well that they would
not yet grasp its meaning. As they go
down the mountain, after this truly “peak” experience, He tells them not to
speak about it until after the Resurrection.
Only then will understanding dawn on them. Much of our lives is like that. We only understand after we have lived what
God offers.
May we open our hearts to accept the
grace and the tastes of Glory that God gives to us through Jesus Christ. May our hearts be ready to respond to the
Love that calls us to walk the journey to Calvary with Jesus so that the world may
come to know the salvation that is ours through Him.
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