I looked in the mirror before I left the
Sacristy to commence the eucharist.
I'm sure each one of you has already cast a glance at yourself in a mirror today.
Some of us spend longer before the mirror than others. As we age I somehow think we find it harder to dwell there
I want to think a little about mirrors this morning.
Mirrors of the soul.
Glass mirrors at one point replaced looking in water as an aid to seeing and brushing up our physical appearance.
How can we see and brush up our spiritual appearance?
Friendship is the answer. Friends are most precious in that they have access to our heart of heart as well as having our best interest on their own heart.
Without friends, without intimates, how unbearable we'd be! A soul never corrected and put in its place! A soul never affirmed or praised or loved!
Most human depth and awareness is attained through friendship and this extends to the spiritual life. We should value and seek out especially friends who can bring us closer to God.
Peter, James and John so valued their friend Jesus!
I'm sure each one of you has already cast a glance at yourself in a mirror today.
Some of us spend longer before the mirror than others. As we age I somehow think we find it harder to dwell there
I want to think a little about mirrors this morning.
Mirrors of the soul.
Glass mirrors at one point replaced looking in water as an aid to seeing and brushing up our physical appearance.
How can we see and brush up our spiritual appearance?
Friendship is the answer. Friends are most precious in that they have access to our heart of heart as well as having our best interest on their own heart.
Without friends, without intimates, how unbearable we'd be! A soul never corrected and put in its place! A soul never affirmed or praised or loved!
Most human depth and awareness is attained through friendship and this extends to the spiritual life. We should value and seek out especially friends who can bring us closer to God.
Peter, James and John so valued their friend Jesus!
In today's Gospel of the Transfiguration these
men literally became mirrors of his soul as he made to reflect his inner glory
as God of God and Light of Light upon them.
As Lent approaches we friends of Jesus in this age have his invitation to the same intimacy granted Peter, James and John.
‘Look to me and be radiant’ he says in Psalm 34v5.
'All of you, with unveiled faces, seeing my glory' he says in 2 Corinthians 3v18 'as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into my image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from my Spirit'.
To land this divine invitation somewhat I invite you to make Lent a time to warm your soul by looking to Jesus and seeking his irradiation through the extra opportunities for worship and self examination as well as community events linked to corporate and self-improvement.
Seek him, when and where you can, as the true mirror of your soul - in the bible, in the eucharist, in spiritual reading, in nature's splendour, in a godly friend or spiritual director - seek the Lord - look at him - and see your disarray!
Look to Jesus, see yourself in his light, brush yourself up and shine all the more with his light!
'Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven.'
As Lent approaches we friends of Jesus in this age have his invitation to the same intimacy granted Peter, James and John.
‘Look to me and be radiant’ he says in Psalm 34v5.
'All of you, with unveiled faces, seeing my glory' he says in 2 Corinthians 3v18 'as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into my image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from my Spirit'.
To land this divine invitation somewhat I invite you to make Lent a time to warm your soul by looking to Jesus and seeking his irradiation through the extra opportunities for worship and self examination as well as community events linked to corporate and self-improvement.
Seek him, when and where you can, as the true mirror of your soul - in the bible, in the eucharist, in spiritual reading, in nature's splendour, in a godly friend or spiritual director - seek the Lord - look at him - and see your disarray!
Look to Jesus, see yourself in his light, brush yourself up and shine all the more with his light!
'Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven.'
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