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GOSPEL POWER l AUGUST 6, 2022 - SATURDAY
GOSPEL POWER l AUGUST 6, 2022 - SATURDAY
Our Lord’s Transfiguration
Gospel: Lk 9:28b-36
28…Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. 31They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” – not knowing what he said. 34While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. 35Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” 36When the voice had spoken,
Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen. Jesus is the beginning of the new creation that God is bringing about. Thus, St. Paul calls him the “second Adam” — the first pattern of the new humanity destined to share the glory of God. As Messiah, he is the corporate personality of all of us. From this perspective, the transfiguration is to be read as a preview of the glorious state into which God is transforming our lowly nature. Peter cannot capture that glorious moment because it is a reality that lies in the future. The means to get there is to listen to Jesus, as he announces the tragic events that await him in Jerusalem. For glory is interwoven with suffering, and the cross represents the labor pangs that the Messiah must go through to generate the new humanity.
Lord Jesus, may we share St. Paul’s faith that, “the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.” Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER l AUGUST 6, 2022 - SATURDAY
Our Lord’s Transfiguration
Gospel: Lk 9:28b-36
28…Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. 31They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” – not knowing what he said. 34While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. 35Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” 36When the voice had spoken,
Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen. Jesus is the beginning of the new creation that God is bringing about. Thus, St. Paul calls him the “second Adam” — the first pattern of the new humanity destined to share the glory of God. As Messiah, he is the corporate personality of all of us. From this perspective, the transfiguration is to be read as a preview of the glorious state into which God is transforming our lowly nature. Peter cannot capture that glorious moment because it is a reality that lies in the future. The means to get there is to listen to Jesus, as he announces the tragic events that await him in Jerusalem. For glory is interwoven with suffering, and the cross represents the labor pangs that the Messiah must go through to generate the new humanity.
Lord Jesus, may we share St. Paul’s faith that, “the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.” Amen.