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Friends, today’s Gospel presents <b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">the Transfiguration of Christ</span></b>. <b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">What is the
Transfiguration itself? </span></b>Mark speaks literally of <b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">a metamorphosis</span></b>, <b>a
</b>going beyond the form that he had. If I can use<b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> Paul’s language, it is
“the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of Jesus Christ.”</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> In and
through his humble humanity, his divinity shines forth. The proximity of
his divinity in no way compromises the integrity of his humanity, but
rather makes it shine in greater beauty. This is </span><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">the New Testament
version of the burning bush.</span></b><br><br><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">The Jesus who is both divine and
<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">human</span> is the Jesus who is evangelically compelling. <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">If</span> he <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">is
only </span>divine,<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> then<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> he </span>doesn’t <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">touch</span> us;</span></span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">if </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">he<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">is only human, he can’t</span></b>
<b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">save</span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">us</span></b>.<b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> His splendor consists in the coming together of the two
natures, without <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">mixing, mingling, or confusion.</span></span></b><br><br><div><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">This same Jesus
then accompanies his disciples back down the mountain and walks with
them in <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">the ordinary rhythms of their </span>lives</span></b>. <b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">This is the Christ who
wants to reign as Lord of <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">our</span> lives in every detail.<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> If we forget about
</span>this dimension, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">then </span>Jesus <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">becomes a distant memory, a <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">figure from the past.</span></span></span></b></div><div>
<div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><span lang="hu"><span>Lábunk együtt
járjon, kezünk együtt gyűjtsön, </span></span></b></i></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><span lang="hu"><span>szívünk együtt dobbanjon, bensőnk együtt
érezzen, </span></span></b></i></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><span lang="hu"><span>elménk gondolata egy legyen, </span></span></b></i></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><span lang="hu"><span>fülünk együtt figyeljen a
csöndességre, </span></span></b></i></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><span lang="hu"><span>szemünk egymásba nézzen és tekintetünk összeforrjon, </span></span></b></i></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><b><span lang="hu"><span>ajkunk együtt könyörögjön az Örök Atyához irgalomért!</span></span> <br></b></i></span></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Amen</b></i></div>
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