6th August, 2013: Transfiguration of the Lord
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disciples see their Lord in his glory and all that they want is to remain in
that state of splendour and delight! The call is to climb down, move on and
keep walking, taking advantage of the light that the moment has shed! Though Jesus was all the time with them, the disciples needed that experience on the mount to behold his power and glory. Our life of
prayer, that is, our relationship with God who shares every moment of our life,
is punctuated at times with ‘peak’ experiences, to sustain us in the tedium of the
daily journey. Retreats, pilgrimages, charismatic conventions, supernatural
experiences and miraculous events – these are very useful and important, but
cannot become a daily need! Effective substitutes for these that the Church
suggests to each of us, are the Sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation –
which when celebrated with the zest and the earnestness that they truly deserve
– can become peak experiences on a regular basis. St. Peter in the today's reading warns us against laxity and
invites us to walk in Christ’s light every day and every moment, accepting the apostles’ testimony as a light to our path. On our daily journey, let us
observe the glorious presence of the Lord in the ordinariness of the day. Let
the gentle beckoning of God keep sounding in our ears all this day – “This is my Son,
my Chosen. Listen to him.”