“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”
Saturday, 6th August 2016,
Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Feast of the Transfiguration of the LordDan 7:9-10, 13-14;
Ps 96:1-2, 5-6, 9;
2Pet 1:16-19;
Lk 9: 28-36
CALLED TO GLORY!
There are two times in the liturgical calendar that we reflect on the Transfiguration, the 2nd Sunday of Lent to affirm the Divinity of Christ before his passion and death and today, to celebrate the exaltation of Christ to his glory. Above all the Transfiguration shows forth the Trinity: the Father in the voice, the Son in the man Jesus, the Spirit in the shining cloud. God here gives us a glimpse of his inner life. St Leo the Great says that "The principal aim of the Transfiguration was to banish from the disciples' souls the scandal of the Cross". Among other things, let's consider two things today: First, the fact that Jesus is perfect God and perfect man. His life and his doctrine are not a human invention. His words are not just an opinion. It's God Himself who speaks to us in his Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Second, we were created in the image and likeness of God and we are called to eternal happiness, body and soul, in heaven. Nowadays many in our society undervalue the dignity of human beings (abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, war, etc). Let us not forget that human beings are the only creatures on earth that God has willed for their own sake and has called to share, through knowledge and love, in his own divine life.
Prayer: God our loving Father, help us to radiate the life of Your beloved Son Jesus in our life too. Then we'll have the happiness that belongs to us as children of God. Amen.
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