“Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” For he did not
know what to say; they were overcome with awe. But a cloud formed, covering them in a shadow, and from the cloud
came this word, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him.” And suddenly, as they looked around, they no longer saw
anyone except Jesus with them. As they came down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had
seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept this to themselves, although they discussed with one another
what ‘to rise from the dead’ could mean.

Reflection:

The Transfiguration of the Lord reveals to the Apostles in no nonsense
term His divine nature. The change in His countenance, the appearance of Moses
and Elijah, and the cloud with the voice from heaven proclaiming Him
as the beloved Son whom everybody should listen attests to this. And the gospel
account says that three disciples are witnesses to this. In the Jewish tradition, if three
witnesses agree to a common account, it will be treated as a fact. So the experience of
Peter, James and John should have made them front liners in the belief of Jesus’ divine
nature. Yet later accounts reveal that the disciples struggled with the death of
their Master in accepting the news of Jesus’ resurrectionappearances. Why is this so?
Because a mystery cannot be grasped totally in a short span of time. We need to walk with
it and live with its ambiguities until slowly, the truth unfolds little by little. The mystery of
our faith is a walk of faith that dares to cling even amidst uncertainty brought
by human limitations.

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