Friday, August 6
The Transfiguration of the Lord
Mark 9:2-10
He was transfigured before them, and His clothes became dazzling white. (Mark 9:2-3)
What a privilege it was for Peter, James, and John to see Jesus transfigured in glory! One moment Jesus stood before them looking like just another man; then the next moment, they saw, with their own eyes, His glorious divinity as the Son of God.
Peter, James, and John were not the only people in Scripture who witnessed the glory of God. Moses encountered it on Mount Sinai, so much so that his face became radiant (Exodus 34:29-35). The prophet Isaiah saw God seated on His heavenly throne, “the train of His garment filling the temple” (6:1). The prophet Ezekiel saw the glory of the Lord rising up and leaving the Temple in Jerusalem (10:18). And poor shepherds in the fields of Bethlehem saw the glory of God when a host of angels came to announce the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:8-9).
God’s glory does not always manifest itself in such spectacular ways, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. It radiated from Jesus not just at the Transfiguration but for the entire time He walked the earth. It was present in all that He said and did – in His preaching, in His healing, and even in H-his dying on the cross. Today the risen Jesus radiates His glory in us and among us, even, and maybe especially, in the ordinary. We just have to train our eyes to see it.
Where might you see the glory of God? Maybe in a beautiful sunrise or in the face of a newborn baby. But you might also see it in less obvious ways: in the way your spouse faithfully serves your family, in an answer to prayer, in the reconciliation of a relationship. You will see it when the priest lifts up the host at Mass, but you’ll also see it in the bowed head of a fellow parishioner praying quietly in an empty and darkened church.
Today, look for signs of God’s glory. It will be there, wherever God is present, active, and working in the hearts of His people.
“Lord, show me Your glory!”
Daniel 7:9-10,13-14
Psalm 97:1-2,5-6,9
2 Peter 1:16-19
Daily Reflections from “The Word Among Us”
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Our Hymns:
Give It Away – Gaither Vocal Band
He Touched Me – Gaither Vocal Band
O Sacrament Most Holy
Look Beyond
Tantum Ergo
The Divine Praises
