Unfortunately, sometimes we can just get stuck in our own perspective - in our own little world - without even knowing it. We can sometimes just see what is going on around us without seeing the big picture. Sometimes it is difficult to go beyond what we ourselves see.
I thought about this today on the feast of the Transfiguration as we hear about Jesus separating himself from the crowds to go up the mountain to pray with some of his disciples, where an amazing transformation takes place. Jesus is changed and transfigured as his clothes become white as light. His disciples are overjoyed to be there with him. In the midst of this experience, the disciples hear the voice of God crying out to them. In our world today, we are bombarded with so much news and information. With our smart phones, tablets, computers, & televisions: we are overloaded with news, information, and messages 24 hours a day. But the message that God give us thru his son is not just an ordinary message, like those that bombard us all day long - it brings us life in a transformative way, in a way that nothing else can transform us: “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” Jesus interacts in our lives to nourish us, to sustain us, to change us, and to guide us. Jesus brings us the message of eternal life. He leads us out of our own perspective, our own little corner of the world.
In the transfiguration, we glimpse the glory of Christ that is to come. The transfiguration was meant to encourage Jesus and the disciples in midst of their difficult journey: the transfiguration is meant to encourage us too. We can have so much that fills up our daily lives, that we need to be reminded that there is more than our daily existence here on earth. As disciples of Christ, we have the promise of the fulness of God’s kingdom in eternal life. Christ and his disciples did not stay on the mountain, glorying in that moment; they came down in order to enter back into their journey thru life as that journey was not finished yet, as they still had work to do. The transfiguration was a wondrous moment for Christ and his disciples. But every day, sometimes in seemingly small ways, God makes himself present to us. In moments of peace, reconciliation, forgiveness, and healing, we experience the wondrous presence of God, a presence that can transform us and transfigure us. As we open our hearts to the message of the Transfiguration today, may we look for those small but important moments that God is present to us in our ordinary lives. 
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