St. Joseph Catholic Church - Toledo, OH

When one looks at a painting or a photograph of mountain scene, the eye is naturally drawn from one mountaintop to the next without much thought or focus on what lies between - the valleys, low points.

Last Sunday we entered into the desert with our Lord to be tempted.  As the final temptation the Enemy takes Jesus to a high mountain where our Lord ultimately overcomes him and is ministered to by angels.  This Sunday we find ourselves on yet another mountaintop - Tabor for another “mountaintop experience”.

The “mountaintop experience” is any real, personal, encounter with God in which He may act or move in our life in a way that we have never experienced, anticipated or imagined.  I’ve certainly had my share of these types of experiences and witnessed them in the lives of others.  The thing about these mountaintop experiences, however, is our tendency to lose hope when the eventual valley and low point.