Last Sunday of Epiphany Year C (Lk 9:28-43a) – 02/14/2010

This morning we celebrate the last Sunday of the season of Epiphany. Not so long ago we started our journey through Epiphany by watching the bright star rise above Jesus, the Christ child, as he lie in the manger; and we now draw close to the end of this season by watching the dazzling light of the transfigured Son of God. Whether a bright star in the heavens or the transfigured face of Jesus, the season of Epiphany joyously proclaims the glory of God given to us in the gift of God’s only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Yet as we listen to our Scripture readings this morning, the joyous light and glory of Epiphany does not seem to appear before us without complication; without controversy; without a very present tension between the glorious gifts given from heaven and the difficult realities of our earthly life. As we experience the tension between heaven and earth, we might find ourselves drawn one way or the other (perhaps clinging to all things sacred at the expense of the world or maybe we are pulled into the busyness of the world and leave our relationship with God for another time), but if we stand fast in the center of the tension: we experience something completely different – we become transformed and we discover that Christ has acted to redeem and renew us in the midst of our humanity. Continue reading →