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Mo Nguyen
TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS
REFLECTIONS ON THE GOSPEL (Lk 9:28-36)
‘THIS IS MY SON, LISTEN TO HIM’
As Jesus sets out on the journey to Jerusalem, where he will suffer and die, the Transfiguration confirms the direction of his life and mission.
In Jewish thought of the time, the two prophetic figures, Moses and Elijah, were both expected to return in the messianic age. Hence Peter interprets the transfiguring of Jesus and the appearance alongside him of the two prophets, Moses and Elijah, as a sign that the time of messianic glory has arrived. His offer to make dwelling places for Jesus and the other two implies that all three are on the same level – an inadequate understanding sharply corrected when the voice (of God) from the cloud pronounces the true identity of Jesus: ‘… my Son, the Beloved’, according him a status far outstripping that of Moses or Elijah.
The divine voice goes on to add: ‘Listen to him’. Listen, that is, to what he has been saying about the direction his ministry will take. Precisely as God’s Son he will go up to Jerusalem and accomplish the ‘exodus’ that is his Father’s will for him. The allusion is clearly to Jesus’ death. It is called ‘exodus’ because, although it will be a monstrous miscarriage of justice on the part of human authorities, it will also be a divine liberation comparable with, and indeed fulfillinng, the Exodus from Egypt of old.
For the remainder of Lent, we are invited to accompany Jesus on his journey to Jerusalem. This will be our essential preparation for a deep experience of the paschal mystery in Holy Week.
Brendan Byrne, SJ
Transfiguration of Jesus Christ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyWT0SvuZwM
Transfiguration of Jesus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAuztgpHcco