Yesterday we listened to the Gospel about the transfiguration. Peter, James and John wanted to stay there. Jesus said that we couldn't that they had to go back, that there was more and better things coming. The Gospel states that Jesus' appearance changed, that he became dazzlingly white. However, his essence did not change, he was still the same Jesus.
This made me think. How often do we transfigure ourselves? We put on a baseball cap and a jersey and suddenly we are a baseball fan. We put on a suit and carry a bible and we are a christian. We do many, many things to change our appearance, to become different things. None of these things change our true essence just as in the transfiguration of Jesus.
During this Lenten season, I would suggest that we look for something a little more. Let's ask Jesus to be transformed. Ask him to change our essence to be more like Christ. How do we do this? Here are a couple of suggestions. Attend mass and experience Jesus in the transubstantiation of the bread. His body given up for us. Pray for the release of the Holy Spirit in our heart to transform and conform us more into the likeness of Christ. I will leave you with this prayer by Charles de Foucald.
Father,
I abandon myself into you hands; do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only you will be done in me, and in all your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into you hand I commend my soul;
I offer it to you
with all the love of my heart,
for I love you Lord,
and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands,
without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.
Amen.
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