{"id":219032,"date":"2016-03-03T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/?p=219032"},"modified":"2016-02-29T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:21:51","slug":"the-mountain-vs-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/the-mountain-vs-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mountain vs. The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As Christians striving for holiness, we can say we have encountered the Lord in some way, whether it was at mass or in prayer, or in another person. And in one of my encounters, though it was very brief, Jesus revealed a little bit of His glory to me. Just a glimpse – and my heart could barely handle it. \u00a0Now, every time I\u2019m in prayer, specifically when I go to Adoration, I dread leaving the chapel to have to go into the office or onto a campus – the real world. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s like the Transfiguration when Jesus took Peter, James, and John up to the mountain and Jesus revealed His glory to them, \u201cshining as white as the light\u201d (Matt 17:2). Moses and Elijah appeared and the voice of God was clear. The three apostles saw a glimpse of the glory of Jesus, saw that it was good, and wanted to pitch tents for everyone there to just stay on the mountain. They wanted nothing but to remain in the glory of God and the last thing they wanted to do was climb back down the mountain.<\/p>\n

I feel kind of like Peter, James, and John. Granted, even now, and even in front of the Blessed Sacrament, we don\u2019t always have these crazy, supernatural experiences. But we do know that while in prayer, we are in the presence of God. And it\u2019s in the realization of being in the presence of God that I find that I want to remain with Him. But I also hit another realization; I have to go to class, or go to work, or coach my middle school track girls. I realize I can\u2019t just pitch my tent in the chapel and ignore all my other duties that I have ahead of me. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I look out into the world and see the brokenness, the hurt and the bad and I don\u2019t want any part of it. And in these moments, when I don\u2019t want to leave the chapel – when I\u2019m in a sanctuary away from the world – I hear Jesus say \u201cGo out into the world, Laurita. But live in the Spirit.\u201d This is exactly what happened to the apostles – \u201cas they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them\u201d (Mt 17:9). Even though the disciples had to walk down the mountain back to ordinary life, they weren\u2019t going back down alone. Jesus left his shining glory moment and walked down the mountain with them, teaching them, and eventually walking to his own crucifixion and death.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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