LENT AS A MOUNTAIN MOMENT
Homily for the Second Sunday in Lent, Year A Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch Genesis 12:1-4; Matthew 17:1-9; Matthew 17:1-9 Last Sunday, we reflected on Lent as a desert moment. The Gospel showed how Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness (Mt 4:1-11). The desert in Scripture is the place of stripping. It is where false securities die and the truth about our hunger is exposed. There, Christ confronted the tempter and refused to turn stones into bread, refused cheap glory, refused power without the Cross. On this Second Sunday of Lent, the readings show us another dimension: Lent is also a mountain moment - a sacred ascent where God reveals, calls, and transforms. In today’s Gospel (Mt 17:1-9), Jesus takes Peter, James, and John “up a high mountain by themselves.” This detail is not accidental. In Scripture, mountains are places of divine disclosure. They are spaces of encounter where heaven bends toward earth. On the mountain, distractions fade and essentials remain. One does n...
