Mk 9:2-13
2Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. 4Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. 5Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified. 7Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; then from the cloud came a voice, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” 8Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them.
9As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant. 11Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12He told them, “Elijah will indeed come first and restore all things, yet how is it written regarding the Son of Man that he must suffer greatly and be treated with contempt? 13But I tell you that Elijah has come and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”
Reflection:
The Son of Man… must suffer greatly. Jesus has predicted that to fulfill the will of the Father, the Son of Man must suffer greatly, be rejected by the religious leaders, be killed, and rise after three days (Mk 8:31). The life of Jesus will not end with the cruel death on the cross. On the third day, Jesus will rise from the dead.
The transfiguration is a glimpse of Jesus as a glorious Messiah, a foretaste of the resurrection. On the mountain, Jesus reveals his true identity and his real destiny to Peter, James, and John. They see his divine splendor. The Father then affirms this revelation, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” The presence of Moses and Elijah confirms that Jesus is the culmination of the Law and the Prophets.
What happens on the mountain tells us that, in order to achieve the crown of glory, we must first embrace the cross; in order to experience the glory of Easter Sunday, we must live our own Good Friday.
What does the Lord’s transfigurationtell you personally?
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