Pastor’s Note 3/1/26

Dear Parishioners:

We can often struggle with "seeing the whole picture." Wouldn't you agree? We experience the bits and pieces, the ins and outs, of our daily moments, work, tensions, and dilemmas. There's the effect of tunnel vision that can set in: we are so narrowly focused on the dreary demands of the moment-to-moment that our spirits droop. Sometimes we struggle to see above it all and to maintain perspective beyond the particulars, which can overwhelm us. And that's where Jesus arrives at the mountain experience of the Transfiguration in this weekend's Gospel. His disciples are deep into the demands of discipleship: listening to Jesus' hard teachings, facing the backlash of those who oppose him, confronting their own weakness and sin, and literally journeying along to an unknown future in Jerusalem. And Jesus reveals his glory, resplendent, wondrous, and reinvigorating for the disciples in their weary moments. Such it can be for us, especially in the journey of Lent, one of purposeful self-denial, sacrifice, and trust in the power of the Lord's transformative mercy to heal us. The Lord shines his transfigured glory upon us so that we see the full, complete, and eternal picture...that even now, in this season, in whatever low moment, is coming to pass. 

God’s Peace,

Fr. John