Listen To Him

 (Note: Yesterday's Slice  appeared at 3: 33 am PST. It is available today.  I wonder if this slice will too?  Your guess is as good as mine)

 

 Mark 9: 2-13

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.

¹¹ And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

¹² Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected? ¹³ But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”

As the days fly by, full of "things to do" and "plans" modified, postponed or eliminated, we begin to realize that we suffer from "overload" and need to slow down or stop before we "crash".  We need a Tabor Time when we can focus on Jesus, and above all, LISTEN TO HIM! How much of our prayer time is our thoughts and words running as haywire a our activities? Let's MAKE some time today just to sit, kneel or BE in the presence of Jesus on our own Mount Tabor, shut down our racing brains and tongues and just LISTEN!

Bro. Rene

God of wisdom and truth, make yourself known to us and to all people, as the one God, living and true. Affirm your truth in our lives that we may be witnesses of your unchanging presence and shine with your glory. May the life and teachings of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, be our salvation and guide. Amen.

Rev. Brad Metz, C.S.C.