RB: Ch 54 The Reception of Letters or Gifts
Mass: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 ; Resp Ps 97; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Lk 9:28b-36
The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.
What follows is our reading from Vigils, by Karl Rahner.
The Lord made that divine glory shine in His person, which could be received with faith in His preaching and in His miraculous gestures ...
The "luminosity" that characterized this extraordinary event symbolized the purpose: to illumine the minds and hearts of the disciples, so that they could understand clearly who their Master was. It was a flash of light that opened suddenly on the mystery of Jesus and illumined His whole person and His whole story ...
Jesus transfigured on Mount Tabor wished to show His disciples His glory not to avoid their passing through the cross, but to indicate where the cross leads to. One who dies with Christ, will rise with Christ. And the cross is the door of the Resurrection.
THIS IS MY SON, MY BELOVED, WITH WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.
We pray using an intercessory prayer for today, from Magnificat, August 2019:
In your glory, we honor you, Lord:
-be present in the darkness that surrounds those who suffer.
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