Seeing The Real Jesus

Todays' Feast of the Transfiguration brings us to Mount Tabor with Peter, James and John, who for a brief time were given a vision of the Real Jesus, aglow in resplendent light, with snow white garments, flanked by Elijah and Moses and affirmed by a voice from a cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." (Mk 9: 8). Awestruck, the apostolic trio fell to the ground. As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus told them to keep the vision to themselves until he had risen from the dead.  No doubt they did not grasp its significance until then
It is now our turn to seek and understand it's significance in the light of the Resurrection and 2000 years of reflection on it.  The Divinity of Jesus was so revealed to enable us to realize that Jesus is no mere man or teacher, but the Son of God.  Belief in him is essential and the base of all we are and do.  Seeing and believing in the Divine Son of God, and acting as he did, enables us to become more like him, and as the Fathers say, to become Divine ourselves..."Silently from Tabor's splendor, the Savior begs: 'Become what you behold!'"  (Magnificat, August, p. 85)
Bro Rene