Sure Hope For The Life Of Glory
(see
Mt 17:1-9)
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Christians do believe that
God made man as the unity of material body and spiritual soul. The body belongs to the world of material
which was born, is growing and will die.
The soul is mere spirit and for this reason will never pass away.
The question full of anxiety and confusion is
what happens when one day body and soul will go their ways.
The soul, on the contrary, came from God’s
breath of life, so it will survive the law of nature on the life and death of
all creatures.
After death, the soul leaves the body and
goes back to God, its Creator, if throughout its journey on earth it has
faithfully been serving Him Who is love and mercy. The heavenly Master will say to him: “Well
done, my good and faithful servant, come and share your master’s joy.”[3]
What does faithful service of God mean?
It means a persevering commitment of children
to doing the Holy Will of God with loving heart and caring mind, always looking
for the glory of their heavenly Father, without asking for anything in
return. They do this simply out of a
profoundly grateful heart for God’s great love convincingly realized in the
life, teaching, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, His Beloved
Son, our Lord and Savior.
How to do the Holy Will of God?
Let us listen to Jesus:
For this is the will of my Father, that
everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life.[4]
Why is faith in Jesus so important that man’s
eternal life absolutely depends on it?
Because man was created after God’s image and
given a share in His glory. Man’s sin of
disobedience has broken the covenant
with God. Man was separated from God and
has no hope for happy and unending life with Him.
God sent Christ Jesus into the world to save
man from the evil consequences of sin of which death as eternal condemnation is
the most frightening.
Jesus Christ was highly praised by God the
Father as the only person who makes Him glad and proud because Jesus always
says “yes” to His Heavenly Father:
This is my beloved Son, with whom I am
well pleased.[5]
By keeping His determination to do the Holy
Will of God, without fear of losing everything, even His own life, Jesus has
restored the human dignity as God’s image, disfigured by sin.
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
The Transfiguration of Jesus reminds all of
us of the truth that we do have the image of God in each and one of us. This beautiful image has been hidden for a
while because of our sin. This noble
image is still alive in each and one of us, no matter who we are.
The Transfiguration of Jesus helps us to be
sure of this truth that one day the beautiful image of God will completely be
restored and returned to each and one of us.
Let us try our best, as Jesus did, to make
God, our heavenly Father, glad and proud of us if we take doing His Holy Will the
first and foremost priority of our life. Amen
