Scripture & Reflection: Sunday 2nd March & for the week ahead:
The Transfiguration28 About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. 29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. 30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. 31 They spoke about his departure,[a] which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. (Luke 9. 28-31)
Reflection
There is much that is strange in the story of Jesus’ transfiguration on the mountain but essentially, it is a story about a key moment in Jesus’ life. It is, most of all, a moment of prayer. It is as Jesus prays that his apprearance is changed. His physical transformation reflects the power of that intense, transcendent experience. It is in prayer that Jesus knows he is God’s son. It is in prayer, in the deep experience of embracing God’s presence, and being overwhelmed by it, that his apprearance is changed. In that experience, Jesus knows again the calling of his baptism and sees afresh the journey he must make to Gethsemane and beyond.It is in prayer that we too are invited to journey with Jesus, where we have the opportunity to encounter the love of God and to know that we are loved by God.I hope that you can take a moment today to be still in the presence of the Lord in prayer.