TOPIC: THE
TRANSFIGURATION
2C LENT SUNDAY HOMILY, LUKE 9:28b-36, MARCH 16, 2025
1. STORY
Three-year-old
Mary was celebrating her birthday and her uncle wanted to give her a gift. He offered Mary money, two ten-dollar bills,
and told her she could pick only one bill. She looked carefully and noticed one was
bigger than the other. She was about to
select the bigger one but decided to ask her mother for help. To her surprise, her mother picked the smaller
one and explained to her that the bigger bill was a Hong Kong ten-dollar bill
but the smaller one was a US ten-dollar bill worth much more than the Hong Kong
one. Thanking her mother for her help,
Mary selected the small US ten-dollar bill. Mary’s mother helped her daughter to make the
right choice.
2. GOSPEL, LUKE
9:28b-36
A. JESUS’ FACE
CHANGED IN APPEARANCE AND HIS CLOTHING BECAME DAZZINGLY WHITE.
To the amazement
of the three disciples, Jesus on the mountain was a different Jesus than the
one in daily life. Jesus wanted them to
understand him better. He helped them to
know that he was not only a man but he was also God.
B. THIS IS MY
CHOSEN SON, LISTEN TO HIM.
God, our heavenly
father, helped the disciples by confirming that Jesus was his chosen son and
the disciples would profit a great deal by listening to what Jesus had to say. This mountain experience was a very valuable
learning experience.
3. APPLICATION TO
LIFE
A. UNDERSTANDING
JESUS
It is very
important for us to listen to Jesus. He
is our master full of wisdom and experience. Here are some suggestions.
i) Make a good
confession in preparation for the celebration of Easter. Jesus speaks to us through this wonderful
sacrament.
ii) Make an extra
effort to listen to the Sunday homily. Jesus
speaks to us each Sunday when the gospel is explained.
iii) Jesus wants
us to help the poor. Put in your
donation so as to help the poor by using the small Lenten box.
4. CONCLUSION
By listening to
her mother’s advice, Mary received a valuable gift from her uncle. By listening to Jesus, the disciples became
wiser. Jesus helped the three disciples
by taking them up a mountain and showing them that he was not only a man but he
was also God. God the Father reminded
them that it was very important to listen to what Jesus had to say. Lent is a special time for us as going up the
mountain was for the disciples. It is a
time to better understand Jesus and to listen more careful to his wise
instructions. We thank Jesus for helping
us to understand him better. We ask
Jesus to give us the strength to become more like him.
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