Bold, but not boastful
In today’s reading from 2 Corinthians, we hear how our hope in Jesus gives us boldness by removing the veil between us and God, by restoring our confidence, not in ourselves but in Him, and by inspiring us to reflect Christ ourselves.
When our hope is in Christ, we can live and speak boldly, no matter the circumstances.
Transfiguration as transition
Since Christmas time, we have been focussing on who Jesus really is as God reveals him during the season of Epiphany. We are about to begin the season of Lent. The transfiguration is the transition point between Epiphany and Lent in more ways than one.
A mountaintop experience (Lk. 9:28–43)
The Transfiguration was a mountaintop experience. What happens when we come back down to earth?