5 Mar 2023
The Mountaintop
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For 5 March 2023, Second Sunday of Lent, based on Matthew 17:1–9
(Photo by Simon Berger on Unsplash)
Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Get up and do not be afraid.’ And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, ‘Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
06 March 2023 @ 4:05 am
Dear Fr. Scott,
Love your images of the Mountain and the challenging questions you offered us today during this Lenten Season. It is important to pray and be discerning as to what the Spirit is calling forth from us today. Are we to go up the mountain to pray and rest in God’s Love or do we need to go down the mountain to nourish others from our mountain experience? May we all have new eyes to see what God is doing in us this Lent.
Blessings on your continued preaching,
Sr. Brigid,OP
06 March 2023 @ 10:08 am
Thank you Fr Scott
I’m listening to your homily as I sit by my dying fathers bed Your words are so comforting to hear To know we have the glory of the Mountaintop to support us in our journeys MyDad is an example of unconditional love and he shared that with the world Thank you for your words
06 March 2023 @ 10:20 am
Maria,
Wow, my prayers are with you and your father. I will celebrate mass this evening for him. Yes, we get these mountaintop experiences so that we can be ready when tough times come. I suspect that you have had many such experiences already, so that this experience of accompanying your father on this greatest of journeys won’t try your faith, but be another blessing for you both.
06 March 2023 @ 10:22 am
Dear Sr. Brigid,
Thank you for listening and for your kind words. Yes, to stay or to go in any given moment… not an easy discernment after all, but an important one. May we both learn to do that better this Lent.
-Scott
06 March 2023 @ 11:16 am
Thank you for the mass His name is George
And you are right It will be hard but a blessing for sure
06 March 2023 @ 11:58 am
Dear Fr. Scott,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE. GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY FOR YOUR COMPASSION AND KINDNESS BOTH TO MYSELF AND MARIA. I AM SURE HER
FATHER KNOWS THE STRENGTH IN HIS DYING FOR YOUR CELEBRATION OF MASS TO
GIVE HIM COMFORT AND PEACE TO SURRENDER TO GOD’S LOVING EMBRACE
IN HIS HOUR OF DEATH AND FOR COMFORT FOR MARIA, HIS DAUGHTER.
I, TOO, WAS WITH MY FATHER AT HIS HOUR OF A PEACEFUL DEATH.
GRATEFULLY,
SR. BRIGID