Readings: GN 15:5-12, 17-18; PS 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14; PHIL 3:17—4:1; LK 9:28B-36
A couple of years ago, on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, one of the places we visited was the site of Jesus’ transfiguration. Like virtually every place we visited throughout the Holy Land, it had a profound impact on me. Every time I pray the Rosary, in the Luminous Mysteries, I meditate on this site while praying the Fourth Mystery.
The Gospel reading today I believe is the essence of the season of Lent. The things we do, prayer, fasting and almsgiving, isn’t something we just do for a period of time, it should change us in some way. When we reach Easter, we should be a different person than we were on Ash Wednesday. We should be closer to God in some manner. We should treat this as our preparation for citizenship in heaven.
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you haven’t yet fully engaged in your Lenten transformation, it is not too late. We want to avoid being one of those we heard in the second reading:
For many, …, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
Instead, we want to do as those with Jesus heard
Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”
So what is Jesus saying to you? How is Jesus asking you to change this Lenten season
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