VATICAN CITY, MAR 7, 2004 (VIS) - During his Angelus reflections, the Pope focussed on today's Gospel narration of the Transfiguration, noting that "the evangelist Luke underlines that Jesus was transfigured 'while praying' on a high mountain, immersed in intimate and deep dialogue with God the Father. A dazzling light came from His person, in anticipation of the glory of the resurrection."
"Every year in preparation for Easter," said the Pope, "Lent invites us to follow Christ in the mystery of His prayer, a source of light and strength in the hour of trial. Praying, in fact, means emerging oneself with the spirit of God in an attitude of humble adherence to His will. From this confident abandonment to God comes the inner light that transfigures man, making him a witness of the Resurrection. This only happens in listening to and following Christ up to the passion and the cross. To Him therefore we must turn 'because only in Him, the Son of God, is there salvation."
John Paul II then remarked that he made this very same exhortation to the whole world 25 years ago, at the start of Lent with his first Encyclical "Redemptoris hominis." He added that finding salvation only in Christ "is a truth that is still current today."
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