Catholic Reading Wednesday

With many thanks to our awesome curator, Karen Celano, you can delve into a faith-related news article each Wednesday! Karen writes:

In this week's article, Tim O'Malley reflects on the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6). Seen in the context of Jesus' life and mission, the Transfiguration emerges as a model for Christian discipleship. On Mount Tabor, Jesus is united to God the Father in complete self-giving love. We as Christians are called to imitate Him and allow ourselves to be transformed by God's love.. Christ's mystical unity with the Father is what empowers His mission and enables Him to endure the Passion of the Cross. We, too, as members of Christ's transfigured Body, are urged to unite with God in prayerful love and to become transparent vessels for that love - a love which manifests itself in the "glorious hiddenness" of our everyday lives and empowers us to make the difficult sacrifices that true love entails. The Transfiguration, then, reveals not just Christ's true identity, but also our own: we are "adopted children of the living God," and we must accept both the glory and the responsibility of such an enormous vocation.

You can find Tim O'Malley's article here.