Tomorrow we celebrate the feast
of the Transfiguration. The apostles had witnessed Jesus’ miracles and
had
heard his teachings, but on Mount Tabor, Peter, John, and James saw that there was
even more. They didn’t know what to do because beauty can’t be grasped or understood;
on the contrary, we are called to surrender to it and let ourselves be
transformed, changed in ways we cannot explain but which are real, very real.
Was St Peter thinking about this event when he wrote, “Although you have
not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe
in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are
receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls” (1 Pt 1:8-9)?
These
words always touch my heart. I want to see Him. I want to forget all troubles
and like Peter say, “Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three
tents (Lk 9:33). And yet the way forward
seems to be that of not seeing, and coming down the mountain: the night of
faith, which Christ enkindles with love and desire… Let us embrace this path,
then, because there is also more in store for us. In the meantime, we can be
encouraged by these words of our father St. Bernard, “Faith cannot be deceived.
With the power to understand invisible truths, faith does not know the poverty
of the senses; it transcends even the limits of human reason, the capacity of
nature, the bounds of experience” (Sermons on The Song of Songs 28:9).
Peter, John,
and James didn’t understand, but they were transformed by what they saw. And so
are we, the vision faith prepares us and makes us beautiful so that we can contemplate Him
who is all beauty. Yes, I often realize that I’m even luckier than I thought.
Thank you, Lord!
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