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May the Spirit of God help you to give of yourself as recklessly for the cause of Christ throughout the whole world as God “recklessly” gave His Son, Jesus Christ.
... Bob Pierce, founder and president, World Vision
(To be "all-in" for Him rather than "on the fence." What would this mean?)
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DN 7:9-10, 13-14; PS 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 PT 1:16-19
MK 9:2-10
Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John,
and
led them up a high mountain apart by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them,
and his clothes became dazzling white,
such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.
Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses,
and they were conversing with Jesus.
Then Peter said to Jesus in reply,
"Rabbi, it is good that we are here!
Let us make three tents:
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
He hardly knew what to say, they
were so terrified.
Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them;
from the cloud came a voice,
"This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone
but Jesus alone with them.
As they were coming down from the mountain,
he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone,
except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
So they kept the
matter to themselves,
questioning what rising from the dead meant.
USCCB lectionary
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Reflection on the Scripture |
"Listen to Him." —Mark
9:7
After Pentecost until the end of the Church year, we begin six months of intensive work in evangelizing the world and building God's kingdom. As we enter the third month of working, we may be bogged down. We can blame it on the "summertime blues" or the heat of the day. We often blame other people for our problems; especially we like to blame the
Church.
Maybe, however, "the trouble is in our set," that is, on our end, and has nothing to do with the temperature or the season of the year. Maybe we're simply not listening to Jesus. We need to see Jesus transfigured before us and hear a voice saying: "This is My Son, My Beloved. Listen to Him" (Mk 9:7). We need to keep our attention closely fixed on the prophetic message (2 Pt 1:19). We need anything
that will open our ears to hear the Lord.
May this feast of the Transfiguration be an eye-opening and especially an ear-opening experience. "Let him who has ears heed the Spirit's word to the churches!" (Rv 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22)
Prayer: Father, may Your voice pierce the darkness and confusion in my
life.
Promise: "He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and peoples of every language serve Him." —Dn 7:14
Praise: Praise You, Jesus, transfigured, crucified, risen, ascended, and glorified!
Presentation Ministries
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Abandonment to Divine Providence - by Jean-Pierre de Caussade Section VI: On the use of mental faculties
The exercise of mental and other faculties is only useful when instrumental of the divine action. ___________
The
mind with all the consequences of its activity might take the foremost rank among the tools employed by God, but has to be deputed to the lowest as a dangerous slave. It might be of great service if made use of in a right manner, but is a danger if not kept in subjection. When the soul longs for outward help it is made to understand that the divine action is sufficient for it. When without reason it would disclaim this outward help, the divine action shows it that such help should be received
and adapted with simplicity in obedience to the order established by God, and that we should use it as a tool, not for its own sake but as though we used it not, and when deprived of all help as though we wanted nothing.
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