Why? Because these days Christianity is being tested: from where comes our salvation? Governments or political offices?

Do we fuse the sacred cross with a temporal flag, creating a dangerous, unholy alliance

Is God a Democrat, or Republican, or an American? Would God, then, be on the side of a particular Nation, and a particular interpretation of scripture, all the while, demonizing all others?

We must be very careful these days, O Saints of God, that we try not to capture and control God, to make the Lord a servant of our own political agenda.

In Sunday's Gospel we hear the story of the Transfiguration, and a bold declaration of Jesus' kingship, heard in a voice from a cloud, 'This is my son, my chosen, listen to him!'

And what might he say to us today?

You know what Christian nationalism is, and how it's on the rise, but let's be clear, this ideology is nationalist, but it's not Christian.

We must not limit the boundless love of God to a political ideology.

We have one God, one Lord, one savior, who makes himself known high up, upon that transfiguration Mount, and deep down in the depths of our hearts. Let us listen to none other than him.