THURSDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT

Jesus was Transfigured

A Meditation on Mark 9: 2-9
Sit quietly. Become aware of your breathing. Close yourself off from all that is around you. Invite God, Jesus, to be present with you as you enter the text of the Scripture in mind, body, heart, and spirit.
Imagine you are one of those Jesus takes with him to the mount of transfiguration.

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them.
Climb the mountain with Jesus—Reach the top—rest to catch your breath. And see—dazzling white—
What do you do? How do you feel? What do you think?

And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
See Jesus with Moses and Elijah. Does it seem strange for Jesus to be talking with them? Do the dead know the living? What do you think they’re talking about?

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what to say, for they were terrified.
Are you glad Peter spoke? Did he say what you wanted to say, what were you thinking? Do you have other things to say? Do you want to stay here?

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved, listen to him!”
Are you in the cloud or just watching it? What is it like?
Did you hear the voice? What does it mean? Who speaks? Is it real? Are you—afraid, awed, excited… ?

Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus.
What happened? How do you feel now? How do you see Jesus? Who is he really?

As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Trek down the mountain.
Do you trod or bounce or…? What do think has just happened?

Only a few saw Jesus transfigured, why? Do you know him thus glorified?

Jesus, Son of Man, Son of God, let me be with you. Teach me, walk with me, save me. Amen.