Second Sunday of Lent – Year, C

Luke, 9: 30, 36.

And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah…

…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.

          Today’s Gospel reading could very well be the crutch of the Lenten season. It is during this time, more than any other, that we as a faith community pay special attention to our words and actions for the purpose of solidifying and intensifying our intimate relationship with God. During this reading of the transfiguration of Jesus, Jesus is given by his father the roles of Moses and Elijah, that of the law and the prophets. This also brings into effect the new law (covenant) and the new prophets (the Church). The new law is the law of love and the new prophets are those who are willing to work to prefect this new law.

           This transformation from the old, does not void the old, it perfects the old to the new. As we work to transform ourselves during this period of lent, we carry with the old with us, this is not done to weigh us down with unnecessary burdens, but our complete self is needed to for this transformation to come to fruition. It is necessary that the whole experience that has become who we are stays focused on the purpose of our lives. And that purpose is to “love our God with all our hearts…” “and to love our neighbors as ourselves.” (Mk, 12; 29-31) Stay focused on the here and now for tomorrow will be shaped by our actions of today. It is just as true that our actions of yesterday have shaped the events we experience today. Christ is our new, complete and final prophet, and his words guide us through today toward the promise of a perfect tomorrow.

Scripture is from the NABRE

by David E. Gonzales