This morning we ascend Mount Tabor with Jesus and his three apostles. And we hear the Father declare, “This is my Son, my beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” This is our truth as well. Baptized into Christ, we too are the beloved of the Father.
The brilliance of this morning’s Transfiguration points us to another hilltop, that of Calvary. There the Beloved one will give himself away to us completely. His clothes, his flesh once bright with light on Tabor will be torn and stained with the spittle and blood of his passion.
Empowered by his Father’s love, Jesus will freely give himself up for us. Trusting in the Father’s love may we too be transfigured and fearless enough to be self-forgetful like Jesus.
Photograph by Father Emmanuel.
