PRAYER PAUSE
Saturday 6
August 2016. The Transfiguration
HIS ASPECT
WAS CHANGED
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The aspect of his face was changed and
his clothing became brilliant as lightening.” (Luke 9:28-36)
Reflection. It’s an odd word ‘transfiguration’
but it is traditional and we have to live with it. The curtain was drawn aside
for a moment and the disciples saw the reality which we live every day but we
cannot see. St Ignatius calls it ‘consolation’ where we are suddenly given a
clear view for a moment of things unseen and it fills us with joy and courage.
The disciples would need this strength for they would soon see him in agony in
the garden and then another aspect of the reality we live would be revealed.
All this is for us as we hold the two aspects together in the tension of our
daily lives.
Prayer. Lord, in
the midst of the sufferings of this world and in our own lives may we always
remember the reality we live, even if it is hidden from us for now. Amen
PRAYER PAUSE
Saturday 6
August 2016. The Transfiguration
HIS ASPECT
WAS CHANGED
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The aspect of his face was changed and
his clothing became brilliant as lightening.” (Luke 9:28-36)
Reflection. It’s an odd word ‘transfiguration’
but it is traditional and we have to live with it. The curtain was drawn aside
for a moment and the disciples saw the reality which we live every day but we
cannot see. St Ignatius calls it ‘consolation’ where we are suddenly given a
clear view for a moment of things unseen and it fills us with joy and courage.
The disciples would need this strength for they would soon see him in agony in
the garden and then another aspect of the reality we live would be revealed.
All this is for us as we hold the two aspects together in the tension of our
daily lives.
Prayer. Lord, in
the midst of the sufferings of this world and in our own lives may we always
remember the reality we live, even if it is hidden from us for now. Amen
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