Mark 9:2-13
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and
John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was
transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one
on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who
were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Rabbi, it is good for us to
be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for
Elijah.’ He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud
overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, ‘This is my Son, the
Beloved; listen to him!’ Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with
them any more, but only Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, he
ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of
Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning
what this rising from the dead could mean. Then they asked him, ‘Why do the
scribes say that Elijah must come first?’ He said to them, ‘Elijah is indeed
coming first to restore all things. How then is it written about the Son of
Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt? But
I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as
it is written about him.’
Reflection:
In today’s prayer, could I ask the grace of transformation?
How do I see my sufferings and being treated with contempt?