Here are the readings!
Welcome to the top of the mountain! This is where all your dreams come true! Company is coming to visit, Jesus is all sun-shiny, and life is good right now. I can just picture Peter, James and John all doe-eyed, singing this to Jesus...:
Welcome to the top of the mountain! This is where all your dreams come true! Company is coming to visit, Jesus is all sun-shiny, and life is good right now. I can just picture Peter, James and John all doe-eyed, singing this to Jesus...:
...can't you?
It gets cut out of the lectionary, but keep in mind that six days ago Jesus just announced that he was about to die and that the disciples would be asked to follow suit. So, Peter does what any sane person would do: goes into cold, hard denial. (Da Nile's not just a river in Egypt you know...) "Let's just chill out here, JC! We can build some tents and hide from all that crazy stuff you were trying to scare us about last week. I could stay lost in this moment - forever!"
But that's not what we're called to do, is it? We're not supposed to focus on one person or thing or event to the exclusion of all else. There's a whole world out there that needs our attention. There are a million things that we're called to do. So while it is, indeed, good that we are here witnessing Jesus' transfiguration, we have to take the good with the bad. Let this scene strengthen us for the rest of our hard Lenten journey. We need all the help we can get!
Thought for the Week: Is there a time, place or event that I consider the "good ol' days"? How can I draw strength and life lessons from that time, but still be fully present in the here and now?
It gets cut out of the lectionary, but keep in mind that six days ago Jesus just announced that he was about to die and that the disciples would be asked to follow suit. So, Peter does what any sane person would do: goes into cold, hard denial. (Da Nile's not just a river in Egypt you know...) "Let's just chill out here, JC! We can build some tents and hide from all that crazy stuff you were trying to scare us about last week. I could stay lost in this moment - forever!"
But that's not what we're called to do, is it? We're not supposed to focus on one person or thing or event to the exclusion of all else. There's a whole world out there that needs our attention. There are a million things that we're called to do. So while it is, indeed, good that we are here witnessing Jesus' transfiguration, we have to take the good with the bad. Let this scene strengthen us for the rest of our hard Lenten journey. We need all the help we can get!
Thought for the Week: Is there a time, place or event that I consider the "good ol' days"? How can I draw strength and life lessons from that time, but still be fully present in the here and now?
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