What powerful contrasts August offers for reflection! August gives us the feast of the Transfiguration (Aug 6), a day when Jesus manifested the glory hidden within his human body. It’s also the day when we dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, an event which also reveals the power for death and destruction that lies within our ordinary human bodies. Human beings: capable of goodness and glory but also capable of evil and shame. This month we’ll reflect on the struggle within each of us: which dimension are we following today, which one makes us truly human?


