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The light with which Jesus shone in the Transfiguration, the glory of God, is not just splendor. It’s compassion. We shine with that light when we live in love for others, especially those who are hurting.
What God asks for us is to follow Jesus Christ in love and action, to be strengthened in faith again and again. There is the difference between God’s will and human mind. God is not only simply living in our own lives, speaking to us every day. God is also the transcendent God, not limited by human experiences and desires.
The power of love casts out the demons in us– our fear and self-centeredness– so that, set free, we can join in God’s work of casting out the world’s demons of evil, injustice and oppression.
When Jesus calls us, “Follow me,” it’s an invitation to discern what God is doing in our lives (or our church) and stay close to that. Jesus may call us to a new life, but he always invites us deeper into this life.
On Human Relations Sunday, we wrestle with what God is calling us to do individually and corporately. Like Samuel and Nathaniel, we must first commit our individual hearts to the work of the Kingdom before we can join the others following Jess on the Way.
Baptized “into Christ,” we become part of Christ’s life instead of our own self-made lives, as if we are living under an assumed identity. But actually our self-made identity is the false one. Baptism proclaims our true identity: we are God’s beloved.
Imagine the magi as they followed that star: single-mindedly, with perseverance, enduring sacrifice and opposition. Follow the light of Christ with that kind of devotion.
Anna and Simeon had different styles and spiritual disciplines, but they both were watching for the holy, and ready to greet the miraculous in the Christ child. Our calling is to watch for the holy in everyone, and honor it.