2nd Sunday of Lent

The word transfiguration is commonly defined as "a dramatic change in appearance, especially on that reveals great beauty, spirituality, or magnificence." Thus the mountain of Transfiguration is an image of what is to come for Jesus and for us. Through his death and resurrection Jesus is not only transfigured, but is restored to life by the glory of the Father. It is a life that we come to share through the waters of baptism. In the opening prayer today we ask of God that, "with spiritual sight made pure, we may rejoice to behold your glory." The glory of God is revealed in Jesus. This is the truth of God's revelation and love. For us to begin the process of transfiguration, then, we must invest in the truth and not simply acknowledge it. The more we enter God's truth, the more we read the Scriptures, meditate and reflect upon the word of God and actively seek a connection with God, that is when we begin to notice and confront all those things in our life with the mind of Christ, that is when we become transfigured. It is then that we believe that we shall behold God's glory and see Him face to face. This is when we come to the fullness of the Resurrection.