Transformation

Today's version of the Transfiguration from Lk 9: 28b-36 brings back the familiar elements of the dazzling clothing, the presence of Elijah and Moses, the confusion of Peter, James and John, the desire to remain there and the voice proclaiming the "chosen Son." Jesus was transfigured then, but it was only after the resurrection that the Apostles understood the preview that had been given to them. Their transformation came later too, at Pentecost.
Today, as well as the Second Sunday of Lent is also the traditional day to celebrate and remember St. Patrick, a man who too was transformed, but not in quite the same dramatic fashion.  It was though the years of his captivity, escape, and the invitation via a dream to return to Ireland, transform it.
Lent is the time each year when we seek some sort of transformation in our lives, not to don dazzling white clothes or convert a nation, but.to be more like Jesus, a big order, nevertheless. There's no limit, however, to our possibilities as we look at these men who were transformed, not by their own doing, but by the power of God, which is still available to us!
Bro Rene