We went to mass at St. Gregory the Great which is just a mile from my brother’s home in Chicago. I was particularly impressed with the homily, in which we were informed that the Transfiguration takes place just 6 days after Jesus asks His disciples who they think that He is. Peter replies that Jesus is the Messiah, but almost immediately rejects the suffering that Jesus tells him about. Peter wants a conquering Messiah, and this is revealed again when he mentions pitching tents for Jesus, Moses, and Elijah. To this, God says from the cloud “This is my beloved son. Listen to Him.”
The homily focused on this phrasing, saying that parents tell their children to listen when they are not, in fact, listening. This is certainly the case for Peter; he has twice proved that he wants Jesus to be a different kind of Messiah than He has said He will be. Maybe this is why Jesus chose Peter to be one of those standing with Him who “will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom”—a prophecy made those six days earlier.
As for me, after another meal of amazing Italian beef sandwiches, my parents dropped me off at O’Hare airport. At that point, my travels have been filled with delays to the point that I will spend more time in airports than on airplanes. My plane that was supposed to arrive in Anchorage at 9:30 PM isn’t even boarding until 9:25 PM in Seattle [edit: they’ve JUST delayed it again]. There were not earlier flights that I could take as all four of them were delayed as well. This means that I will miss the last flight out to Kenai today by hours. I have already rescheduled my flight with Grant to their first flight in the morning.
At this point, I just want to get home.
The homily focused on this phrasing, saying that parents tell their children to listen when they are not, in fact, listening. This is certainly the case for Peter; he has twice proved that he wants Jesus to be a different kind of Messiah than He has said He will be. Maybe this is why Jesus chose Peter to be one of those standing with Him who “will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom”—a prophecy made those six days earlier.
As for me, after another meal of amazing Italian beef sandwiches, my parents dropped me off at O’Hare airport. At that point, my travels have been filled with delays to the point that I will spend more time in airports than on airplanes. My plane that was supposed to arrive in Anchorage at 9:30 PM isn’t even boarding until 9:25 PM in Seattle [edit: they’ve JUST delayed it again]. There were not earlier flights that I could take as all four of them were delayed as well. This means that I will miss the last flight out to Kenai today by hours. I have already rescheduled my flight with Grant to their first flight in the morning.
At this point, I just want to get home.
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