A Hint of Life To Come

 Mk 9: 2-10

The Transfiguration

² After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. ³ His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. ⁴ And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

⁵ Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁶ (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)

⁷ Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”

⁸ Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.

⁹ As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ¹⁰ They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

As we enter the second week of Lent, we receive an incentive glimpse  of what is to come: the glorified, and as it turns out, the RISEN JESUS . With Peter we can say it is good for us to be here, not only  at whatever point we are in our spiritual life, or Lenten journey, but also with the the glorified with Jesus at the end of our lives.  Doesn't this preview give us the "moxie" to bear with the trials life throws at us, as well as the Lenten program we have assigned ourselves, and to continue our efforts to shed what stands in the way of an intimate, life-giving relationship with Jesus?  The Apostles were so captivated by the scene that they wanted to "set up house" on Tabor. A bit too early, for the vision ended and the rest of the chapters had yet to be written, but obviously this event stayed alive in their minds and made even more sense after they had seen and touched the Risen Christ. 

 Let us join the gathering on Tabor today in quiet reflection, and find the strength we need to be strong in our Lenten resolves and in our efforts to be true disciples of Jesus.

Bro. Rene