That Mysterious Light

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 24 February 2002

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On the mount of Transfiguration, Jesus becomes brilliantly illumined. This light signals the radiance and beauty of a world beyond this one, a dimension from which Jesus has come and to which he is luring us.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:04.6	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:11.1	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:15.5	Word of Love for each of us.
0:17.8	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, so that we might speak with
0:22.8	love about the one who is love.
0:26.1	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winnetka now presents
0:31.0	the Word on Fire.
0:33.4	Peace be with you.
0:35.7	Friends, the church always invites us during the season of Lent to reflect on this extraordinary
0:41.4	event of the transfiguration of Jesus.
0:44.7	You know, in Matthew's Gospel, there are three great mountains scenes.
0:49.4	The first one is the sermon on the mount.
0:51.8	Jesus goes up on the height and he teaches his disciples.
0:55.2	The last one is the crucifixion that takes place on mount Calvary.
1:00.3	And then there's one in the middle.
1:02.2	When Jesus goes up a mountain with Peter, James, and John, and there before them he is
1:06.9	transfigured.
1:08.3	His face becomes dazzlingly white.
1:11.9	What do we see now in these scenes?
1:15.1	The three literal and symbolic high points of the Gospel.
1:19.6	It's as though Matthew is saying to us now, look, here there's something of great importance
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