The Second Sunday of Lent presents us with the familiar story of the Transfiguration. It appears early in Lent because it is such a pivotal image: the face of Jesus transformed and his garments as bright as a flash of lightning, clearly a preview of the resurrection, the main reason for the presence of Jesus among us, and the focus of our Lenten prayers, fasting and almsgiving. The transformed face is set between two Old Testament Figures: Moses and Elijah...two men who prepared the way for Jesus. It is Jesus, however, upon whom we should set our eyes, just as it is that the four Gospels make up the heart of the New Testament, the other books being expansions and developments of the core message he presented, and deserve our primary attention. The voice from the cloud booms a clear direction to the confused disciples (and us): "This is my Son whom I have chosen; listen to him."
With five weeks of Lent remaining, there is ample time to turn to the Four Gospels and read them prayerfully, not even entirely but slowly and reflectively, asking ourselves: "Who is this Jesus who is speaking to me? What relevance do his words have for me? "Listen to him." Could there be a clearer call to transformation, to conversion?
Bro. Rene
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