Wednesday, August 6, 2014, Transfiguration
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, 2 Peter 1:16-19, Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9, Matthew 17:1-9
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HARD OF HEARING?
"We ourselves heard this said from heaven while we were in His company on the holy mountain." -2 Peter 1:18
The Transfiguration of Jesus was a prelude to an even more important event: the Father's command to listen to Jesus (Mt 17:5). We need the Father's command to listen to Jesus because of our natural aversion to what Jesus is talking about - the cross. We don't want to hear about taking up the cross and dying on it daily (see Lk 9:23). With Peter, we are inclined to say to Jesus: "May You be spared, Master! God forbid that any such thing ever happen to You!" (Mt 16:22) (see Catechism, 554) However, we must resist the temptation to contrive a crossless Christianity. We must listen to Jesus about the cross; for the agony, pain, and weakness of the cross is the power and wisdom of God (1 Cor 1:24) - even the perfection of God's power (2 Cor 12:9).
If we obey the Father's voice and listen to Jesus, we will not only hear Jesus proclaiming the cross but also "speak of nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Cor 2:2). Then people will be graced to listen to us. We will even come to the point of never boasting "of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Gal 6:14). At the foot of the cross, we will say with the Father: "Listen to Jesus."
Prayer: Father, may I hear what I have had the hardest time hearing.
Promise: "His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, His kingship shall not be destroyed." -Dn 7:14
Praise: Praise Jesus, transfigured, crucified, and glorified! Alleluia!
(For a related teaching, order our leaflet, Hearing God", or our audio tape AV 45-1 or video tape V-45.)
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