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The Perspective of
Justice
2nd Sunday of Lent A
March 16, 2014
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High
on the mountain, the three disciples witness a dazzling sight
as Jesus was transfigured before their eyes, his face as
bright as the sun and his clothes as radiant as light. In
the middle of this vision, they hear God’s voice telling
them to listen to “my beloved Son on whom my favor rests.”
The
opening prayer focuses our attention on this part of the
story: “God our Father, help us to hear your Son.” The verse before the Gospel does the same: “From the shining
cloud the Father’s voice is heard: this is my beloved
Son; hear him.”
Lent is a time to listen to Jesus, “who calls us to repentance and a change
of heart.” It is a time to reflect on God’s Word about loving our enemies
and being peacemakers, about proclaiming liberty to captives and letting the
oppressed go free, about being the salt of the earth and the light of the world,
about being perfect just as our heavenly Father is perfect.
It is a time to be quiet and listen to the God “who
has saved us and has called us to a holy life.” It is a time
to become a “great nation” through whom “all the communities
of the earth shall find blessing.”
Jesus perfected revelation by fulfilling it through his whole
work of making himself present and manifesting himself: through his words and deeds, his signs and wonders,
but especially through his death and glorious resurrection from the dead and final sending of the Spirit of truth.
Moreover, he confirmed with divine testimony what revelation proclaimed: that God is with us to free us from the
darkness of sin and death, and to raise us up to life eternal.
Vatican II, Constitution on Divine Revelation (1965) 4
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Gerald Darring
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Now
published in book form,
To Love and Serve:
Lectionary Based Meditations, by
Gerald Darring
This entire three year cycle is available at
Amazon.com.
Copyright ©
1994, Gerald Darring.
All Rights Reserved.
Art by Martin Erspamer,
O.S.B.
from Religious Clip Art for the Liturgical
Year (A, B, and C).
Used by permission of Liturgy Training
Publications. This art may be reproduced only
by parishes who purchase the collection in book
or CD-ROM form. For more information go to:
http://www.ltp.org/
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