![]() The fourth luminous mystery is the Transfiguration. Summer allows us to take a break from our fast-paced world and open our ears and hearts to the call of Christ to choose him above all. We are made not simply to amass the most toys, accolades and accomplishments - or even the most friends and family. The longer days of summer and the rest and relaxation of vacation present us with opportunities to ponder life’s more important questions. ![]() We must choose to follow Christ or close our hearts to him. Once we have heard the good news, we cannot return to our old lives. We cannot be spectators to what Christ offers. This proclamation includes the call to conversion. It is not one event, but rather the teachings and miracles of Jesus that astonish the crowds, give hope to the sinful, and harden the hearts of the self-righteous. ![]() The proclamation of the kingdom is found throughout the Gospels. The good wine of this world will run out, but Christ wants to give us new, life-giving wine, which we can never drink unless we come to Jesus in our need and “do whatever he tells us,” as the Blessed Mother commands. This miracle whereby far greater wine is made from water demonstrates the overabundance of God’s love, as he makes some 180 gallons of the best wine possible.įor each sunset you witness, each vacation you experience, each dinner and conversation with friends and family that lingers into the twilight, there is something far greater that Christ has in store for you and me. It is a manifestation of Jesus’ power, especially for the downtrodden. ![]() 2:1-12) is much more than our Lord bailing out newlyweds from a potentially embarrassing situation. 1:9-11).Įvery swim or cool drink of water you take this summer is a reminder of God’s ability to infuse the ordinary with extraordinary power for those who have faith in him. Second, this act occasions the manifestation of the Trinity as the voice of the Father and the image of the Spirit (a dove) appear at this moment (cf. Likewise, when he is washed in the water, his divine purity makes the water teem with the power to offer the life-giving power of baptism. When Jesus touches a leper, rather than himself contracting the disease, he heals. First, Jesus’ action gives the water the effect that baptism will offer to us the power to wash us clean from sin. Therefore, his baptism is not to cleanse him from sin, but rather serves two purposes. We know Jesus is conceived and born without sin and lived a perfect life. 3:13-17) is one of the few moments of Jesus’ life (outside of the Passion) recounted in all four Gospels. These five moments in Jesus’ life are links to carry our prayer and meditation through his public ministry to the beginning of his Passion.
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