Pordenone, The Transfiguration (1518), oil on canvas, Pinacoteca di Brera (Milan)

When Jesus brought Peter, James and John up that mountain, he met with Moses and Elijah. These were two of the most important people of the Hebrew Scriptures. Moses was the great Law Giver. Elijah was the greatest of the prophets. And there, on that mountain, the disciples witnessed Jesus’ meeting with them. Why? Why did they meet? What could they have been discussing? Perhaps it was the way that the Father’s Plan would be fulfilled in the Son. Anyway, the voice from heaven told the disciples what they needed to hear, “This is my Beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him.” So, Jesus Christ is the center of history. He is the center of the universe. Everything that matters flows from Him and points to Him. He is the one who fulfills God’s plan for mankind. We have to listen to Him because we also have a role in God’s plan for mankind. “This is my Beloved Son. Listen to Him.” Those words are directed to us as well as to Peter, James and John. But why? Why are we included in the Transfiguration? We are included because each of us has a role to play in God’s Plan for mankind. Pope Benedict XVI said: “The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort, you were made for greatness.” We were created for greatness, to share in the Triumph of the Kingdom. How? How do we share in the Triumph of the Kingdom? We do this by reflecting the presence of God in that unique way that we were created to do. That is why we need to be united to the Lord in every aspect of our lives and at every moment of our lives. We are called to have faith that the Jesus the apostles saw is the Son of the God that we cannot see. Our faith is based not on intellectual curiosities but on the testimony of Sacred Scripture and the witness of the apostles and his successors. We focus on the Lord. We experience His Presence within us. And we proclaim to the world: the Lord Jesus Christ is real. All that matters is that which flows from the Lord and returns to Him. To the extent that we make this proclamation with our lives, to that extent we are participants in God’s plan for mankind • AE

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Music to Read Books and Faces (Summer 2023)

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St. Dominic Catholic Church

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Saturday August 5, 2023

7.00 a.m. Mass for ACTS Retreat (Omega Center, Boerne, TX) Fr. Agustin

3.00 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessional) Fr. Agustin

5. 00 p.m. Mass Fr. Agustin

Sunday August 6, 2023

7.30 a.m. Mass Fr. Agustin

10.00 a.m. Mass Fr. Agustin

12.30 p.m. Mass Fr. Agustin

3.00 p.m. Misa en Español Fr. Agustin

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Fiesta de la Transfiguración del Señor (2023)

Todos corremos el riesgo de instalarnos en el sillón ese tan agustito (sic) desde el que vemos la vida pasar sin agobios ni sobresaltos. Y es que logrado ya un cierto éxito profesional, encauzada la familia y asegurado, de alguna manera el futuro ¡qué fácil llega la modorra! Pero ¿no es entonces cuando descubrimos que la felicidad no coincide con el bienestar? Lo sabemos en el fondo del alma: nos falta algo; nos sentimos vacíos e insatisfechos. Andamos en búsqueda de algo que no se puede comprar con dinero. Quizá nos falta esa alegría que la da el sentir compasión por los demás, la solidaridad con los necesitados, la cercanía con aquellos a quienes nadie quiere. Y es en medio de esta búsqueda que las cosas pueden ir a peor. Podría suceder que cayésemos en la misma tentación de Pedro en aquel día en la montaña: buscar en la religión nuestro bienestar interior, eludiendo nuestra responsabilidad individual y colectiva. Pero el mensaje del Señor es claro. Una experiencia religiosa no es verdaderamente cristiana si nos aísla de los hermanos, nos instala cómodamente en la vida y nos aleja del servicio a los más necesitados. En otras palabras: si escuchamos a Jesús, nos sentiremos invitados a salir de nuestro conformismo, a romper con un estilo de vida (¡a veces tan egoísta y tan narcisista!) y a empezar a vivir más atentos a lo que ls sucede a los demás. Cada siete años la liturgia de la Iglesia nos presenta esta hermosísima fiesta de la Transfiguración en domingo, ¿qué quiere decirnos el Señor hoy? ¡Abramos el corazón a Su Palabra! • AE

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+ Lecturas Para El Verano (2023)

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