Are you Jonah? Or are you Andrew, Peter, James or John? The readings today indicate that we can decide to avoid God, running far away, or we can “drop our nets” and follow Jesus wherever he leads. Whether we say yes right away, or it takes us awhile, God continues to call us to something more wonderful that we can imagine.
Peter and Judas. It has been observed by many that both Peter and Judas sinned greatly against Jesus by betraying and abandoning him when Jesus needed them most. Yet Judas is remembered as a traitor, while Peter is remembered as the first pope. Why the difference?
There is so much packed into the account of the Transfiguration I could probably have spoken 30 or 40 minutes this morning. (Don’t worry, I did not.) What is true is that the Transfiguration tells us all we need to know about Jesus. It helps us to cope with suffering and pain. It teaches us about the importance of prayer. Listen carefully to Jesus, and you will see more clearly the importance of this meeting of heaven and earth.
Every Second Sunday of Lent we hear an account of the Transfiguration. Why is this?
If we are to have a relationship with Jesus, we must get to know him. And that means keeping watch with him and for him.
There are times when it is important for us to remember the goal. What is the purpose of our life? Aristotle suggested that determining what something is for was and important way to explain something. Saint Thomas Aquinas applied this idea to humans, suggesting that we were made for living in beatitude with God ultimately in the Beatific Vision.
Get Ready for Lent: Day Nine
We need to decrease so that Jesus may increase. That is the purpose of Lent. That is why we “give something up” or “take something on.”
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