TRANSFIGURED HOPE - One Bread, One Body, 2/28/2010

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Sunday, February 28, 2010, Second Sunday of Lent

Genesis 15:5-12, 17, 18, Philippians 3:17—4:1, Psalm 27:1, 7-9, 13-14,
Luke 9:28-36
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TRANSFIGURED HOPE

"While He was praying, His face changed in appearance and His clothes
became dazzlingly white." —Luke 9:29

On the second Sunday of Lent, we always focus on Jesus' Transfiguration.
We begin Lent in the desert (Lk 4:1), quickly climb Transfiguration
Mountain, and quickly return to the desert. We end Lent on the verge of
climbing Mount Calvary on the way to the cross.

Today marks the highest point of Lent. We will not return to this
elevation until we celebrate Jesus' Resurrection and Ascension. Today
Jesus chooses us to climb Transfiguration Mountain. Here we see the glory
of Jesus and the glory of heaven. Because of this experience, we can
assure those struggling through Lent and through life that the sufferings
of the present are "as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed in
us" (Rm 8:18). We can tell the world that, no matter how long we spend in
the desert or how painful the climb up Mount Calvary, Jesus "will give a
new form to this lowly body of ours and remake it according to the pattern
of His glorified body, by His power to subject everything to Himself"
(Phil 3:21). Despite Satan tempting us in our Lenten desert, in Jesus our
victory is assured and our future glorious.

Because of the Transfiguration, we are filled with hope that will not
leave us disappointed (Rm 5:5). The roughest Lent will result in the most
glorious Easter. The transfigured Christ is the hope and promise of the
risen Christ. Praise Jesus!

Prayer: Father, motivate me by hope (Col 1:4).

Promise: "Abram put his faith in the Lord, Who credited it to him as an
act of righteousness." —Gn 15:6

Praise: Praise You, transfigured Jesus, "dazzling as the sun...radiant as
light" (Mt 17:2). Your glory leads us to the Father.

(For a related teaching, order our leaflet "Accepting Jesus as Lord,
Savior, and God" or on audio AV 43-1 or video V-43.)

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February 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, August 11, 2009

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