Transcendence transcends text

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary for the 2nd Sunday of Lent draw attention to the nature of the relationship that is developed in the spiritual journey. This relationship is with the Divine, Creator and Lord of the Universe! Both the intimacy and the awe of this relationship are shown to co-exist. It is only by experiencing the transcendence from our reality that Abraham could have believed the promise of God. The experience of the intimacy of the Divine calls the psalmist to proclaim his trust in continuing to know the Goodness as part of life. Paul proclaims to the Philippians how the transforming power of the indwelling Spirit will dispel any humiliation which the world attempts to heap upon those who are the bodily presence of Divine in the world. The transcendent experience of Peter, John and James in the Presence of Jesus and the voice of the Father is put in text by Luke. The recall of this experience necessarily relies on an attempt by the Evangelist to capture that which is not to be captured. The description of Love is a shadow of the love experience. Transcendence transcends text.