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Mark
9:2-4
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and
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 one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah
with Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
The circle of knowing
It is a moment of seeing. But Peter, James and John do
not yet know what they are seeing or exactly what it means. Nor do we, I
suppose.
Knowing God is an evolving process. Events happen. We see
something, feel something and are drawn into an experience of the wonder of God.
But it takes years for us to know what it all means, if we ever do.
The three disciples see Jesus wrapped in light,
shining with a glory beyond anything on earth. The wonder of God shines in and
through him. They see him speaking … heart-to-heart ... with Elijah and Moses,
two prophets who listened and lived in intimacy with God.
But they do not know what to do or say. They do not
yet understand that they are being invited into that circle that they, too, may
commune heart-to-heart with the Loving Mystery of God.
They … and we … are invited to see the glory of God shining
in Jesus … and be drawn into the circle of loving communion that surrounds him.
This is God's joy ... and ours.
Pr.
David L. Miller
