Today we celebrate the feast of the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the gospel, Jesus took three of his disciples to be with him to pray. The narration of the story in the Gospel presents the aspect of the mission of Christ - which Moses spoke to him, of his coming passion and death.
There are three things i would like to center my reflection:
1. Christ's transfiguration was part of his mission. He took three of his apostles to witness this extra-ordinary revelation of Christ's true identity as the Son of Gos the Father. The voice was heard saying, "This is my beloved Son, on whom my favor rests. Listen to him." This is again the second time, after the baptism of Jesus in the river of Jordan by John, when God speaks in confirmation of the identity of Christ as the Son of the Most High.
Jesus, took his three apostles to allow them to experience the love that binds the Father and the Son. This is also the kind of experience, as for Jesus to prepare his apostles for the mission of evangilization. It is the anticipation of the coming passion, death and coming to life of Jesus Christ. Although Jesus warned the three of not telling anyone...until the time that this truth must be revealed, thus, the message of salvation must be proclaimed by his disciples through out the world.
2. The message of the Gospel challenges us to one's again renew our faith and commitment to Christ. In this present generations, where morality and truth are threatened by materialism, hedonism, science, and even religion, we must again go back to our true identity and purpose. The challenge here is for us to transform ourselves and continue to ask for the intervention and grace of God in our journey. I mentioned of renewing our commitment, since the gospel shows us through Jesus Christ (our example) of understanding the identity (as adopted sons of the Father) and meaning of our existence as man. As the Father is pleased to his Son Jesus Christ, we too, must be pleasing in the sight of the Father. Thus, in understanding our identity and purpose, we carry out our commitment, to continuously tell the story of Jesus...the story of the salvation of humanity.
It is in our participation on the mission of Christ that we must share the love to the poor and the oppressed, from which this sharing of love comes from the dynamic exchanging of love of the Trinity. Hence, we continue to transform ourselves and become pleasing to God, in our task of spreading the message of salvation that made possible by the great love of the Father to us, through the blood of His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ.
3. "This is my Beloved Son, in whom my favor rests, LISTEN to Him". This is the third and the last point of my reflection. Listening is an act of love. it is an act of giving one's attention fully and wholeheartedly. The emphasis here is on the word Listen. Many would agree that the greatest pollution we have now is the "Pollution of Noise" (Fr. Iko Tabares). If we would try to recall each day, how many minutes or hours in our life in a day that we give time for silence? Silence is important to the life of man. It is in silence that we can re-charge our energy from the hectic schedules of our day.
We are now in a so called in a "loud generation", when we people lost our sense of silence and recollection. Everything now comes so fast...and we like to dwells in loud-environment. Their is no longer silence, the inner silence...a disposition that (in my opinion) often lead the people of todays generation into chaos and conflicts, which would create a greater effect in the harmony of the life of people. We must therefore regain what is essential in our life. this is the challenge of God in the gospel, Listen! For in listening, Gos speaks. A loud heart could not hear what God wants, what God is saying to us.
Henceforth, we must again learn to listen, by seeking the silence - the inner silence and find God and know what He's telling us...of what He wanted us to do...and of what He wanted us to respond to His message. As we carry the mission of evangilization of the world, we must cultivate and imbibe into our hearts the silence, the inner peace...to understand what God wanted us to share to his people.
There are three things i would like to center my reflection:
1. Christ's transfiguration was part of his mission. He took three of his apostles to witness this extra-ordinary revelation of Christ's true identity as the Son of Gos the Father. The voice was heard saying, "This is my beloved Son, on whom my favor rests. Listen to him." This is again the second time, after the baptism of Jesus in the river of Jordan by John, when God speaks in confirmation of the identity of Christ as the Son of the Most High.
Jesus, took his three apostles to allow them to experience the love that binds the Father and the Son. This is also the kind of experience, as for Jesus to prepare his apostles for the mission of evangilization. It is the anticipation of the coming passion, death and coming to life of Jesus Christ. Although Jesus warned the three of not telling anyone...until the time that this truth must be revealed, thus, the message of salvation must be proclaimed by his disciples through out the world.
2. The message of the Gospel challenges us to one's again renew our faith and commitment to Christ. In this present generations, where morality and truth are threatened by materialism, hedonism, science, and even religion, we must again go back to our true identity and purpose. The challenge here is for us to transform ourselves and continue to ask for the intervention and grace of God in our journey. I mentioned of renewing our commitment, since the gospel shows us through Jesus Christ (our example) of understanding the identity (as adopted sons of the Father) and meaning of our existence as man. As the Father is pleased to his Son Jesus Christ, we too, must be pleasing in the sight of the Father. Thus, in understanding our identity and purpose, we carry out our commitment, to continuously tell the story of Jesus...the story of the salvation of humanity.
It is in our participation on the mission of Christ that we must share the love to the poor and the oppressed, from which this sharing of love comes from the dynamic exchanging of love of the Trinity. Hence, we continue to transform ourselves and become pleasing to God, in our task of spreading the message of salvation that made possible by the great love of the Father to us, through the blood of His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ.
3. "This is my Beloved Son, in whom my favor rests, LISTEN to Him". This is the third and the last point of my reflection. Listening is an act of love. it is an act of giving one's attention fully and wholeheartedly. The emphasis here is on the word Listen. Many would agree that the greatest pollution we have now is the "Pollution of Noise" (Fr. Iko Tabares). If we would try to recall each day, how many minutes or hours in our life in a day that we give time for silence? Silence is important to the life of man. It is in silence that we can re-charge our energy from the hectic schedules of our day.
We are now in a so called in a "loud generation", when we people lost our sense of silence and recollection. Everything now comes so fast...and we like to dwells in loud-environment. Their is no longer silence, the inner silence...a disposition that (in my opinion) often lead the people of todays generation into chaos and conflicts, which would create a greater effect in the harmony of the life of people. We must therefore regain what is essential in our life. this is the challenge of God in the gospel, Listen! For in listening, Gos speaks. A loud heart could not hear what God wants, what God is saying to us.
Henceforth, we must again learn to listen, by seeking the silence - the inner silence and find God and know what He's telling us...of what He wanted us to do...and of what He wanted us to respond to His message. As we carry the mission of evangilization of the world, we must cultivate and imbibe into our hearts the silence, the inner peace...to understand what God wanted us to share to his people.
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