SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

1. Like Peter, James and John, we are called to journey with Jesus to climb the high mountain of Tabor...

2. We are called...
        ....to listen to God the Father as He said pointing to Jesus, 'this is my beloved Son in whom I am well
pleased.'
       ... to listen to Jesus as He said to His disciples, 'rise and do not be afraid'.

My brothers and sisters, Lenten season is a time of repentance, conversion and renewal. We are called to pray, fast and abstain as well as do almsgiving seeing the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in our fellow human beings as children of God.

The Transfiguration of Jesus leads us to transformation. Transformation in our lives as His disciples. We have to deepen our relationship with Jesus in prayer in order to overcome our lack of faith as well as be disposed ourselves in carrying our cross like Jesus did as the Suffering Servant of Yahweh.

In this Season of Lent, we climb the high mountain as we ascent for forty days to dispose ourselves in prayer and to listen to God. The high mountain could mean going to the Church in the Eucharist, participating in our Eucharistic Adoration every Wednesday or being in our Via Crucis every Friday. It could mean prayer at the altar in your house or spending moments with God in your private life where you encounter Him in your heart. We are not only called to give up something this Lenten Season like giving up meat or giving up your favorite food but to do more especially in our prayer life and personal relationship with God. 

Like Peter, James and John, may we see the face of Jesus shining like the sun, his clothes in dazzling white and regard Jesus as the fulfillment of the law (Moses) and the prophets (Elijah). That after the passion of Jesus as our Messiah, we will also share in His resurrection.

To listen to God is to be silent. Let us be silent and turn our hearts to Jesus what He wants us to do. Maybe, in this Lenten Season, He would want us to forgive our enemies, to do acts of charity to the least, last and lost or maybe to forgive ourselves so that we can be freed from guilt that torments us. Have time to be silent and to listen to Jesus!

Transfiguration leads to transformation overcoming disfiguration as children of God.

St. Thomas Aquinas reminds us as he says,  that in the Transfiguration, Christ allows his disciples to glimpse his glorified body; this is a glimpse of the radiant appearance of Christ after our Lord suffered his passion.