Gospel: Luke 9:28b-36
Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up a mountain to pray. While
he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling
white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who
appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in
Jerusalem. Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but becoming
fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. As they were
about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are
here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
But he did not know what he was saying. While he was still speaking, a cloud
came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered
the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen
Son; listen to him.” After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They
fell silent and did not at that time tell anyone what they had seen.
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Reflection:
There’s a story of a man who wanted very much to discover deeper intimacy
with the Lord in his prayer life. Whenever he prays he would always be
distracted by other thoughts that disturbs his mind. He tried very much to
focus on his prayer life to no avail. It has always been the case whenever he
prays: There are always thoughts that disturb his attention towards God.
This man’s story of his prayer life could be ours too, we want to have
deeper intimacy in our prayer life. But there’s always distractions that
disturbs our concentration towards God. How can we discover this mind and heart
intimacy in our prayer life?
The gospel reading for today gives us insight to discover that mind and
heart intimacy with the Lord. Jesus went to the mountain with Peter, John and
James to meet and pray before God. For a brief moment Jesus escaped to the
mountain so that he would not be disturb by anyone. His heart and mind were totally focused on his desire to connect with God.
It helped also that Peter, James and John were taken over by their
tiredness that’s why they slept. Suddenly Jesus’ face changed in appearance and
His clothes became dazzling white: a sure sign that Jesus got what He wanted:
Deeper intimacy with God thru intense prayer no less.
If we want to develop a deeper connection with God in our life. We need
to make an extra effort to discover Him in prayerful silence. We need to climb
our own mountain of silence so that we could connect with Him. We need to
totally focus our attention to God and disregard for a moment the disturbance
around us.
Do you always have your moment of silence before God? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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