My dear Friends
Today in the Church is the Feast of the Transfiguration, which has a special meaning for me and the work I am trying to do. It is reported in the Gospels that Jesus took some of the disciples up a high mountain, now commonly thought of as Mount Tabor, in the north of Galilee. Also on the mountain appeared Moses and Elijah,representing the law and the Prophets.. Suddenly the garments of Jesus shone with a brilliant light and he was transfigured before them, in a representation of His future glory. Suddenly a cloud enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud:'This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to Him!' When the disciples looked round, they could see no-one but Jesus.
In 1989 I went to Israel, for the first time in twenty-one years, and three months after I became a Christian and was received into the Church.I was staying in a friend's flat in Jerusalem and was aware that it was this Feast. I prayed, and was shown that this Mystery of the Transfiguration was about Jewish-Christian reconciliation.My own Judaism and Christianity were like two perfect halves of an orange, which could be joined together in the perfect whole.
On one wall in the flat was an excerpt from a famous Robert Frost poem and the lines read:'Two paths converged in a wood.I have taken the path less travelled, and that has made all the difference.'
Today, 23 years later, I can say that the path has not been easy. but that it has been very rewarding, and that I wouldn't change it for any other.
Every blessing
Gila
Today in the Church is the Feast of the Transfiguration, which has a special meaning for me and the work I am trying to do. It is reported in the Gospels that Jesus took some of the disciples up a high mountain, now commonly thought of as Mount Tabor, in the north of Galilee. Also on the mountain appeared Moses and Elijah,representing the law and the Prophets.. Suddenly the garments of Jesus shone with a brilliant light and he was transfigured before them, in a representation of His future glory. Suddenly a cloud enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud:'This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to Him!' When the disciples looked round, they could see no-one but Jesus.
In 1989 I went to Israel, for the first time in twenty-one years, and three months after I became a Christian and was received into the Church.I was staying in a friend's flat in Jerusalem and was aware that it was this Feast. I prayed, and was shown that this Mystery of the Transfiguration was about Jewish-Christian reconciliation.My own Judaism and Christianity were like two perfect halves of an orange, which could be joined together in the perfect whole.
On one wall in the flat was an excerpt from a famous Robert Frost poem and the lines read:'Two paths converged in a wood.I have taken the path less travelled, and that has made all the difference.'
Today, 23 years later, I can say that the path has not been easy. but that it has been very rewarding, and that I wouldn't change it for any other.
Every blessing
Gila
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