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Today is St Patricks day the Bishop of Ireland, one-man-forthress against various paganism in the early Ireland in his missionary days.

Gospel also talks about Jesus transfiguration in the presence of the three apostle. 

I have my 5 days a sort of vacation in my parents house there in South Cotabato, thanks to my lovely wife for allowing me to do so.  I have to walk all the way from my parents house to farm, its a 5 kilometers walk encountering those people that i known there, talk with them early in the morning, because I have to walk there at around 5am. A sort of rest day for me although i still have to work online as my regular schedule. 

In the Gospel, the three apostle had to endure a walk and have to climb the mountain and maybe wondering why they have to do so. At the end of the journey, they were so overwhelmed to see the splendor of being with God. I believe that moment stays with them forever and that they have to share that moment, informing us that we belong on the glorious place with God.  

The reading I have shared this: 

"So why did Jesus give these Apostles this very brief experience of His glory?  Because they would need that taste of His goodness for the road ahead.  They would need to forever remember what their final destiny was.  They would need to hold this experience close as they endured the many crosses and sufferings ahead.  And they would use this experience to remind themselves that whatever they had to endure on the journey up the mountain of life is worth it.  Because on the summit is a glory so great that no hardship they would have to endure would ever prove to be too big."

The long and ardous journey in the life of the apostles ended their life very fruitful, thus we have our Catholic church.  St. James, the first apostle to be martyred, died in beheading in 44 AD by Herod. St. Peter was crucified downward by Nero,  13 October AD 64. From the three who witness the transfiguration, the only left to die naturally is St. John the Evangelist -  St. John of Patmos.  All of them lead a good life, die a good death although some were violently and helps our Church endure up to this moment. 

May we find our life very worthy of enduring whatever struggles we are facing at the moment. Lets look forward for that glorious day with Him.  Like the apostles who witness the transfiguration, like St. Patrick the missionary in Ireland, let the glorious moment they see, gives us more hope to our future place and the end of our life.

God blesses us all.