NKCC

Second Sunday of Lent

Reading I – Genesis 15:5-12, Genesis 15:17-18

Reading II – Philippians 3:17—Philippians 4:1

Gospel – Luke 9:28b-36

All About Change - On this Second Sunday of Lent the Scriptures remind us that when we have an encounter with our God, things are bound to change.  In the First Reading God tells Abram to raise his eyes to the sky, promising descendants as numerous as the stars.  Abram’s act of faith in the Lord is sealed in covenant, forever changing the course of salvation history.

In the Gospel story of the Transfiguration, always proclaimed on this Lenten Sunday, the Lord Jesus changes in appearance before the eyes of the apostles who, like Abram, raise their eyes to the spectacle in the sky.  It is St. Paul who brings it all together for us:  “He will change our lowly body to conform with His glorified body.”   (Philip-pians 3:21)  Lent is all about change, all about conversion.  Let us cast our own eyes to heaven, awaiting that day when we will be changed – when we will share in Christ’s glory. © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.