Transfiguration

                                

We celebrate today the feast of the Transfiguration, the occasion when Jesus appeared with Moses and Elijah on Mount Tabor. With them were the apostles Peter, James, and John. After Jesus was surrounded by a cloud of bright light, Peter uttered a phrase that has remained quite significant and controversial in some ways. He was instantly overcome with a state of euphoria and wanted to somehow crystallize himself at that moment when he said to Jesus “Lord, it’s so good for us to be here, let me build three booths here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 

We act like Peter sometimes when we’re enjoying life and going through a stress-free period of our life. We are on vacation, enjoying a beautiful trip, a spectacular scene, spending time with friends, and we don’t want it to end. We feel on Cloud Nine and want it to last forever. But the reality is different, just as it was different with Peter and the other disciples - there was much work waiting for them, especially after Jesus went up to heaven. It is the same with all of us. Until last Christmas, everyone was doing well and preparing for a new year – yet little did they know how their lives would be turned upside down with the coronavirus. Lives were disrupted, schools closed, hospitals overwhelmed, businesses struggling, and the future pretty much unknown.  Let us pray that the transfigured Christ will heal the wounds of so many people all around the world.