Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.

If we truly want to witness God at work in our lives, we need to set ourselves apart from the world. We need to retreat from the business of daily life, so that we can be transfigured by the life, passion, death, and resurrection of Christ. In order to do this, we need to go to a deserted place so that we can better see him in our solitude and listen to him in the silence of our hearts. When we take time for God, He will take the time for us and reveal Himself to us in new and challenging ways. He will transfigure us into better people, if we allow him to do so.

Have we set ourselves apart from the world or God? How often do we retreat from the world so that we can better see and listen to the Lord? Do we seek to be transfigured into better Christians?

O Lord, transfigure us so that we can live out your gospel message in the midst of the world.

Amen.