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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Jesus teaches purity, totality of love which go beyond what has been taught to you
God — who is love and who loves all — always, in all ways, calls us to love in the same way; therefore, Jesus captures within his teaching that purity and totality of love which go far beyond what “you have heard” or what has been taught to you before.
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Victory over ourselves
Christ’s death and new life give us victory over ourselves. When he died on that cross, nailed there with him were all the negative things we could ever say about ourselves, all the negative feelings, all our faults. They were nailed there with him, but guess what? They didn’t come off that cross.
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