And so, in this context we can ask ourselves just how well we can identify the Christ in our lives, and identify the Father — our Father, who art in heaven!
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Preparing the past, and celebrating the future
When we hear and sing those words, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord,” we know clearly what is and what was being said by those words, and what and how we must prepare right now.
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By the anointing with oil and Spirit of God, we become his sons, daughters
And as we read all of this that took place back then, we are being called, too. We are being called to see our place in the kingdom of God, and who and what and how we are in that kingdom.
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Do we ever experience the voice of God clearly speaking to us in the ordinary?
Visions of prophets, a glorified transfiguration, bright lights, and voices — all streamed together to “call” the disciples deeper into the mystery of God revealed in Jesus.
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Christ’s transfiguration was their transformation — and it is ours
We are called to listen to him, for it is in that listening that we will be led along the same pathways of faith; and our hopes, too, will be realized in Christ.
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The Lord is light, salvation — it must remain so for us in order to live an optimal Christian life
That is so, and it must be so, and it also must remain so.
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Turn back your hearts and fall asleep in friendship
And that wounded face and punctured head with a crown of thorns would gaze upon all with love, with forgiveness, with freedom, sinlessly, and with eyes so blessed and holy that we, too, could fall asleep now in his friendship.
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Fire from the heavens changes, burns into us a new way of living, loving
Because what Jesus is saying has to do with change of hearts that are so profound that attitudes, ways of thinking and speaking and being are transformed.
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In great harmony with our God
Then tomorrow, we begin our celebrations around the birth of Jesus the Lord.
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We are invited to stand on the mountaintop with Jesus
The Transfiguration of Jesus in today’s Gospel sends an important message not only to the disciples who shared the moment with the Lord, but to all of us — every Christian. How does this story call us? Do we ever experience the voice of God clearly speaking to us in the ordinary?
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