Have you ever been in love?
Love for someone: a spouse, a child, a parent, a friend.
Or in love with something: places, foods, books, hobbies, belongings.
Love exists in many forms and each of them are real.
Today’s passage emphasizes love and how it changes things.
All things.
It changes beliefs, motivations, experiences.
But how often do we actively love God?
How often do we place Him and his hopes for us at the center of our choices?
“The transfiguration reveals Jesus in glory, radiant with divine love.”
“This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” Mark 9:7
Now…I’m thinking very few of us have ever had an experience like the vision of Christ’s glory on a mountaintop but what if we could experience just a sliver of it?
What if we had the power to change the way we experience life?
What if we let love, God’s love, transfigure us? Our actions, our thoughts, our desires, our needs and most of all God’s place in our lives.
What would that look like?
Don’t you find when we act with love we usually feel lighter? More satisfied, more peaceful.
I think that’s God. I think when we feel that way it’s God letting us know He approves.
I want more moments like those.
I want to feel that approval from our Heavenly Father.
Loving is not exclusive to big grand gestures.
Sometimes, as St. Therese of Lisieux showed, it’s the little things.
It’s offering a hug, expressing patience, extending forgiveness, listening to a friend, making a meal or simply offering a cup of tea.
Small things done with love can change everything.
Truth is, we may never see the ripple effect of our actions, “we may not see visions of Christ’s glory”…
But God sees.
So…
“We can choose love again and again…and that is what transfigures”.
Radiant Christ, reveal your glory in my ordinary day. Open my eyes to see you, and in seeing you, transform me. Shape my heart and reflect your light through me, that I may be a vessel of your clarity and hope. Amen.
