EACH ONE NEEDS RANSFIGURATION

Each second Sunday of Lent, the Gospel reading gives us the Transfiguration of Jesus. 

This was a moment of divine revelation. God breaks through and reveals to Jesus , He is chosen and his destiny to suffering and glory.

 

I want you to pay attention to the fact that this was a moment of divine revelation. God takes the leadership and gives the direction. Jesus’ mission flows from this divine revelation.  Just as God choose the Hebrew slaves to be his people through the call of Moses, so now Jesus is the new leader in God’s plan for humanity.

 

There is a danger here that you might hear this as only applying to Jesus. All of his teaching and his ministry flows from this call by God the Father.

 

It does not stop here. We must pray and work as a church to reawaken in each person who claims to be a Christiian person, that they also have been called. They also have been joined to the great work of God of bringing humanity into the Kingdom of God. Very simply, this means humanity living and working in accordance with the plans and teachings of God. What Jesus is in his physical and spiritual body, his life, must now take shape in the lives of each one of the disciples.

 

Simply put, each one of us must have our ‘transfiguration moment ‘ where we hear the call of Jesus Christ toward our lives and our response to the call of God the Father.

 

Each one of us must hear in our bones that we are the chosen one of God. We are called to share in a much larger vision of our life than just getting by as a human being. The divine plan (i.e., the kingdom of God) must become incarnate in us, in our space and time.

 

We are people of prayer and worship. Just as Jesus lived in harmony with God, so we come daily to prayer (with its many varied forms). We share in the Sunday eucharist, in the great act of our salvation each Sunday. 

 

The life of Jesus takes new forms in us when we reach out to the poor of our societies. The simple act of bringing food for the food bank makes the compassion of Jesus touchable. It is in our care for others that the Gospel of Jesus is believable.

 

The work of the local parish is to bring people to become more aware of who they are meant to be in the life and mission of Jesus. Each person must reach the point where they  actually hear what God the Father asks of them. Each one must have their transfiguration moment.