Transfiguring Moments

Recently I was in Utah on a family ski trip and enjoying myself immensely. We had the best snow of the year and God blessed us with so many things.

But perhaps the best was a wonderful Mass we attended in a beautiful Catholic Church in the mountains called St Mary of the Assumption. The music was very good, the gospel was the Transfiguration, and the homily made it come alive. Basically the message was that God's love was the power that transfigured Jesus. The Father's living love was received and returned so perfectly by the Son that he was revealed for who He really was, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. Then God spoke, "This is my Beloved Son. Listen to Him!"

And God desires to pour out His love into our hearts, too! Our problem is that we are not always open to the experience of total joy and love that He wants to give! So sometime He uses amazing life experiences to help us be more receptive, like a beautiful ski run, a magnificent sunset, or just the snow covered mountains themselves! In these moments, God lets us know that he really loves us; that we, too are His beloved sons and daughters!

And so I thank our God for the transfiguring moments he has given me. Think about your own moments and see if you can experience God's love in them as well.