Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 6, 2009 / 12:00 pm
The Supreme Chaplain for the Knights of Columbus, Bishop William Lori, spoke to the Knights during their memorial Mass for deceased Knights and loved ones about the natural fear of death and what lies beyond this life.
On the Feast of the Lord’s Transfiguration, the Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut recalled that the feast is a beautiful day “to gather in prayerful remembrance of our beloved dead.”
“This feast, I daresay, shows us how to pray for our beloved dead, to pray in the hope to which we have been called. We can see this if we enter into the Lord’s rest, that is, if, in the power of the Holy Spirit, we ascend the mountain of the Lord, together Peter, James, and John. This is precisely what this Eucharistic liturgy enables us to do.
“The Transfiguration is an event recounted in all four Gospels where Jesus leads three of the apostles, Peter, James and John to a high mountain where he changed in appearance before them, surrounded by a glorious light. A voice from the clouds spoke and said: “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”