--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 3/08/09 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 3/08/09 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2009/03/08/daily-readings-reflection-for-30809#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 3/08/09 Mar 8, 2009 4:00:01 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on the Daily Readings for 3/08/09 by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/030809.shtml) Scripture: Second Sunday of Lent (B). Genesis 22:1-2.9.10.13.15-18. Psalm 116:10.15.16-17.18-19. Romans 8:31-34. Mark 9:2-10. Lectionary # 26: Transformation into Christ is an essential part of being a Christian. Paul, the earliest writer of the New Testament, confirms this with his statement: "For me to live is Christ." (Philippians 1:21).  The scene from the Gospel of St. Mark is a revelatory text that calls us to this conformity with Christ.  It is so important that all three of the Synoptic Gospels gives us a narrative describing Jesus' "transfiguration" on a mountain while three of his disciples experience this theophany. They are Peter, James, and John. These three will also be with Jesus when he suffers his agony in the Garden of Gethsemane thus showing that both the joy of his transfiguration and the sorrow of what he knows will happen to him involves them. They are called to be one with him all they way through thick and thin, through good times and difficult times. Lent reminds us that we are to meditate on the Paschal Mysteries of Christ, his passion or sufferings, his death, and his resurrection.  The Transfiguration helps us to understand these sorrowful mysteries that lead to the resurrection just as the three apostles-disciples were given confirmation about who Jesus is.  The Transfiguration is linked to Jesus' baptism where the Father proclaims Jesus as his beloved Son. It thus points back to that moment just before his active ministry.  The Transfiguration also points forward to the Resurrection when Jesus will rise from the dead. Paschal Mysteries are thus linked with Revelatory Mysteries and help us to understand what the Epistle to the Hebrews says about Jesus: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow." (Hebrews 13:8).  The Book of Revelation tells us that Jesus is the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega. The One who is, who was and who will be forever.  The Resurrection of Jesus, the Son of God, is the capstone for helping us through faith and through our meditation to understand Jesus both as the Son of God (his divinity) and the Son of Man (his humanity).  Meditation can lead to contemplation and then to our being transformed into Christ. Pope John Paul II added five mysteries to the devotion of the rosary. These are called the luminous mysteries or those that enlighten us and help us to follow the active ministry of Jesus. They are stepping stones to our conformity with Christ.  Thus we find such a revelatory call in Jesus' Baptism, his marvelous sign at Cana, his proclamation of the Kingdom of God among us, his Transfiguration, and finally the fifth mystery, the Eucharist of the last supper.  These five mysteries are found in the Scriptures and they help us to be conformed to Jesus our Revealer and our Redeemer. The Transfiguration is not only a myster of light and revelation; it is also one of joy and hope for us. The apostles needed such an experience of Jesus as the fulfillment of the prophets (Elijah) and the covenant and laws of God (Moses). This helps us to understand the sufferings and joys of being united to Christ during this season of Lent and all the seasons of life.  God grants us many graces and favors through these holy mysteries. Father Roland Faley says, "God's favor and grace do not eliminate suffering. So often pain is woven inextricably into the fabric of love. If God's favor led Jesus to the cross, the trying of our faith in the crucible of hardship in no way diminishes God's love for us." 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