Sunday, August 6, 2023

7 Minutes Homily for 6th August 2023: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

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

 

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