Feb 24, About Today for Sunday of the 2nd week of Lent

Posted by Monica on February 23rd, 2013

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Second Sunday of Lent

“But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself,” (Phil 3:20). [1]

In today’s gospel reading St. Luke tells of the Lord’s Transfiguration, when divine glory shone from him. The Father identified him as “his chosen Son” and told the disciples to “listen to him.” Moses and Elijah spoke to him about his exodus, his going out from this world, which was to occur in Jerusalem. Like Abraham in the first reading, we are invited to put our faith in the Lord. In that faith, we are to travel the path Jesus took to Jerusalem. By turning our hearts to these virtues, Christ will conform us to his glorified body and we can participate in a transfigured and renewed way of life. [2]

Written by Sarah Ciotti and Fr. Hugh Feiss, OSB, STD
[1] Revised Standard Version s.v, “Philippians, The Letter of Paul to the.”
[2] Adrian Nocent, OSB, The Liturgical Year: Lent & Holy Week (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1977), 161-166.

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