Pope reflects on Transifiguration, summer vacation at Angelus

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Pope Francis focused his Angelus reflection on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which is celebrated each year on 6 August. "The event of the Transfiguration of the Lord," he said, "offers us a message of hope: it invites us to encounter Jesus, to be at the service of our brothers." The disciples' journey to Mount Tabor, he continued, helps us "to reflect on the importance of detaching ourselves from worldly things, in order to complete our journey to the heights and to contemplate Jesus," This involves conforming ourselves to Christ's attitude of "attentive listening and prayer," which allows us to welcome the word of God into our lives. Summer time the Pope said, can be a providential moment to grow in our commitment to seek after and encounter the Lord. "In this period, students are free from their scholastic commitments, and many families take their vacation; it is important that in the period of rest and of detachment from daily occupations, the strength of the body and of the spirit can be restored, deepening the spiritual journey." These spiritual heights, thoughts, are not an end in themselves. Following the experience of the Transfiguration, the disciples came down from the mountain, recharged by the power of the divine Spirit, to decide on new steps of authentic conversion, and to constantly bear witness to charity as the law allow us to be "signs of the life-giving love of God" for all, especially those who suffer. In the Transfiguration, the Pope said, we hear the voice of the Father saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to Him!" Pope Francis encouraged us to look to Mary, "the Virgin of Listening," and pray that she might help us "to enter into symphony with the word of God, that Christ might become the light and the guide of our lives." He concluded his reflection by entrusting everyone's vacations, that summer may be for them, too, a time of relaxation, "gladdened by the presence of friends and joyful moments."

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