I was driving late the other afternoon, headed west. What I saw ahead of me was stunning. The sun was big and bright as it was setting. I don’t remember seeing it like that for some time. Seems like in winter things are brighter, like the sun pictured above. Is this a message that God is trying to send us?
In this Second Sunday of Lent, God seems to be calling through scripture. In Genesis, Abram listens and leaves a land familiar to him to lead a great nation. His names changes too, Abraham. He has to have faith in a future which is unknown to him.
Paul writes in the Letter to Timothy of another call. It’s to one of a holy life, which will include hardships. He reminds Timothy that through Jesus’ death and Resurrection, he destroyed death and brought life and immortality. “He saved us.”
There’s a call too in the Gospel of Matthew. At the Transfiguration, Peter, James and John see Jesus in clothes that are “white as light.” For a time, they see Moses and Elijiah too. Peter doesn’t get it right away, wanting to memorialize the event with three tents. God speaks to them in a voice from the clouds: “this is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased, listen to him.”
We should listen to those words as Lent moves on. What else are we hearing from God today?
“When it comes to obeying the commandments or enduring adversity, the words uttered by the Father should always echo in our ears: this is my Son, the beloved, in whom I am well pleased, listen to him.” From a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope.
Peace. Happy Lent!
Deacon Tom
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