Glorification

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you.”  - John 17:1

Giving glory to the Son is an act of the Father, but is also an act to which we should all be attentive!

First of all, we should recognize the “hour” that Jesus speaks of as the hour of His Crucifixion. This may, at first, seem like a sad moment. But, from a divine perspective, Jesus sees it as His hour of glory. It’s the hour when He is glorified by the Father in Heaven because He perfectly fulfilled the Father’s will. He perfectly embraced His death for the salvation of the world.  

We must also see this from our human perspective. From the standpoint of our daily lives, we must see that this “hour” is something that we can continually embrace and bring to fruition. The “hour” of Jesus is something that we must constantly live. How? By constantly embracing the Cross in our lives so that this cross is also a moment of glorification. In doing this, our crosses take on a divine perspective, becoming divinized so as to become a source of the grace of God.

The beauty of the Gospel is that every suffering we endure, every cross we carry, is an opportunity to manifest the Cross of Christ. We are called, by Him, to constantly give Him glory by living His suffering and death in our lives.

Reflect, today, upon the hardships you endure. And know that, in Christ, those hardships can share in His redeeming love if you let Him. 

Jesus, I surrender my cross and my hardships over to You. You are God and You are able to transform all things into glory. Jesus, I trust in You.