The Transfiguration of our Lord

Our Lord’s Transfiguration on Mount Tabor can teach us many lessons. In this meditation, we use passages from Scripture to consider some of them:

• The climbing of the mountain calls to mind the difficulties in our own life in climbing the mountain of holiness
• Seeing Christ transfigured in his divinity is a reminder that we too will see him transfigured in glory in heaven
• This should spur us on to lift our thoughts above to the goal of life, especially when we are bogged down in the here and now
• When Peter says “It is well for us to be here” we are reminded that we should often say the same thing, in good times and in bad
• When the Father says, “This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased; listen to him” we should listen to Christ often:  in our prayer, in our conscience throughout the day, in the Scriptures, in Mass…
• Like the apostles, we should share our faith with the many others who do not know Christ