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When Jesus is transfigured on the mountain top, the heavenly voice repeats the words spoken at Jesus' baptism, then adds, "Listen to him." You would not think that Peter, James, and John, or present day disciples like ourselves, would need to hear this. If Jesus is God's beloved Son, then of course we should listen to him. And yet we often enlist Jesus as a divine symbol without doing what he says. We "believe in him" in order to be saved or make it to heaven, but we don't follow his teachings. As we enter the season of Lent, it is perhaps a good time to remember that we are called to do more than "believe in Jesus." We are called to follow him, and that requires listening to what he says.