First
reading Dan: 7:9-10, 13-14
Responsorial
Psalm 96(97): 1-2,5-6,9
Second Reading 2 Peter 1:16-19
Gospel: Mathew 17:1-8
Today
the mother church celebrates the feast of transfiguration of the lord. It
is a commemorative event that depict the eternal glory of the second person in
the Trinity, it is an episode of divine event; a manifestation of the form and
essence of the kingdom of God a midst humanity, the glory of redemption that
God reveals in his beloved son Jesus Christ, is a key milestone towards his
crucifixion, death on the cross and his resurrection. Transfiguration is a
revelation to which Christ shows us the resemblance and significance of the old
laws, his prophetic character in performing his ministry among Israelites. His
relationship with God the father which is distinctive and profoundly depicted
in today’s gospel.
We look at the gospel of
today with a source of spiritual reformation; Jesus becomes our exemplar in
this divine historical event. He shows us his glory of beaming nature, a signal
recount on our baptismal event. The time
we professed our faith and made promises to live a worthy life as children of
God. Holding a candle became a symbol of light of Christ which illumine our
journey as Christians shrouded in the dark paths of this world and white cloth
was symbolically putting Christ in our lives, as an amour to shield our souls
from darkness of sin. Consequently, the dazzling clothes of Christ and
brightness of his face brings an inclusive divine mystery; being affirmed by a
voice from the cloud, “this my beloved son whom am well pleased”. This
statement gives an entire content of redemptive aspect, to which Jesus had to
perform among humanity. Secondly, this event in today’s gospel is a call for us
to understand the divine essences of change in our hearts. It prefigures the
paschal mystery, to which Christ commenced during the last supper for us to
celebrate his divine memorial, that is Eucharist, the spiritual food that
transform us daily and makes us to live with him in us. However, we live that
faith of transformation; the brightness of conscience towards our moral
engagement with our neighbors and well-articulation to the divine laws as a
sources of grace in our daily dealings.
We pray for
transformation in our lives, to live and show better humanity; with bright
values that propagate justice to all. Let Christ be our source of this
transfiguration, so that we may become people who admire heavenly glory.
Victor Oduol
II Yer Theology
