March 1 - Sunday of the 2nd Week of Lent, Year A
(Gn.12:1-4a; Ps.33:4-5,18-20,22; 2Tm.1:8b-10; Mt.17:1-9) "Rise, and do not be afraid." Here in the midst of the darkness we drink in during this Lenten Season comes a light shining to assure our hearts of the promise that is ours. The Lord's Transfiguration is presented to us this day to lead us through all the tribulations of the cross to the resurrection, which is our holy goal. "Beloved: Bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God," Paul says to his special child Timothy, and so the Lord speaks to us all, reminding us that "He saved us and called us to…
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