diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2c2cacea..7fe4c937 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@
         "jackalope/jackalope": "~1.1",
         "phpcr/phpcr": "~2.1",
         "phpcr/phpcr-utils": "~1.2",
-        "symfony/finder": "~2.3"
+        "symfony/finder": "~2.3",
+        "kukulich/fshl": "dev-symfony-console-formatter"
     },
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "vcs",
+            "url": "https://github.com/dantleech/fshl"
+        }
+    ],
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require-dev": {
         "mockery/mockery": "0.9",
diff --git a/features/phpcr_node_show.feature b/features/phpcr_node_show.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e283c7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/phpcr_node_show.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Feature: Show the current nodes shared set
+    In order to show the shared set to which the current node belongs
+    As a user that is logged into the shell
+    I need to be able to do that
+
+    Background:
+        Given that I am logged in as "testuser"
+        And the "cms.xml" fixtures are loaded
+
+    Scenario: Show the current node
+        Given the current node is "/foobar"
+        And I execute the "node:show ." command
+        Then the command should not fail
+        And I should see the following:
+        """
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <sv:node xmlns:jcr="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0" xmlns:sv="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/sv/1.0" xmlns:nt="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0" xmlns:mix="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/mix/1.0" xmlns:ns="http://namespace.com/ns" xmlns:test="http://liip.to/jackalope" xmlns:phpcr="http://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/phpcr_odm" xmlns:dcms="http://dcms.com/ns/1.0" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:slinp="asd" xmlns:fn_old="http://www.w3.org/2004/10/xpath-functions" xmlns:crx="http://www.day.com/crx/1.0" xmlns:lx="http://flux-cms.org/2.0" xmlns:sling="http://sling.apache.org/jcr/sling/1.0" xmlns:dtl="http://www.dantleech.com" xmlns:vlt="http://www.day.com/jcr/vault/1.0" xmlns:my_prefix="http://a_new_namespace" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" xmlns:rep="internal" sv:name="jcr:root">
+          <sv:property sv:name="jcr:primaryType" sv:type="Name">
+            <sv:value>rep:root</sv:value>
+          </sv:property>
+          <sv:property sv:name="jcr:mixinTypes" sv:type="Name" sv:multiple="true">
+            <sv:value>rep:AccessControllable</sv:value>
+          </sv:property>
+        </sv:node>
+        """
diff --git a/spec/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/ResultFormatterHelperSpec.php b/spec/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/ResultFormatterHelperSpec.php
index 30619d47..667d1c0f 100644
--- a/spec/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/ResultFormatterHelperSpec.php
+++ b/spec/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/ResultFormatterHelperSpec.php
@@ -11,4 +11,23 @@ function it_is_initializable()
     {
         $this->shouldHaveType('PHPCR\Shell\Console\Helper\ResultFormatterHelper');
     }
+
+    function it_should_indent_a_given_xml_string()
+    {
+        $xmlString = <<<EOT
+<xml><thisis><foobar></foobar></thisis></xml>
+EOT
+        ;
+        
+        $this->formatXml($xmlString)->shouldReturn(<<<EOT
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<xml>
+  <thisis>
+    <foobar/>
+  </thisis>
+</xml>
+
+EOT
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Application/ShellApplication.php b/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Application/ShellApplication.php
index 978a5e22..1007ad35 100644
--- a/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Application/ShellApplication.php
+++ b/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Application/ShellApplication.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 use PHPCR\Shell\Transport\TransportRegistry;
 use PHPCR\Shell\Config\ProfileLoader;
 use PHPCR\Shell\Console\Helper\TableHelper;
+use PHPCR\Shell\Console\Helper\SyntaxHighlighterHelper;
 
 /**
  * Main application for PHPCRSH
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ private function registerHelpers()
             new ResultFormatterHelper(),
             new TextHelper(),
             new TableHelper(),
+            new SyntaxHighlighterHelper(),
             $phpcrHelper
         );
 
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ private function registerCommands()
         $this->add(new CommandPhpcr\WorkspaceListCommand());
         $this->add(new CommandPhpcr\NodeCloneCommand());
         $this->add(new CommandPhpcr\NodeCopyCommand());
+        $this->add(new CommandPhpcr\NodeShowCommand());
         $this->add(new CommandPhpcr\WorkspaceNamespaceListCommand());
         $this->add(new CommandPhpcr\WorkspaceNamespaceRegisterCommand());
         $this->add(new CommandPhpcr\WorkspaceNamespaceUnregisterCommand());
@@ -272,6 +275,18 @@ private function configureFormatter(OutputFormatter $formatter)
 
         $style = new OutputFormatterStyle(null, 'red', array());
         $formatter->setStyle('exception', $style);
+
+        // syntax highlighting
+        $colors = array(
+            'html-tag' => 'magenta',
+            'html-tagin' => 'yellow',
+            'html-quote' => null,
+        );
+
+        foreach ($colors as $tag => $color) {
+            $style = new OutputFormatterStyle($color, null, array());
+            $formatter->setStyle($tag, $style);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Command/Phpcr/NodeShowCommand.php b/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Command/Phpcr/NodeShowCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23bcfa9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Command/Phpcr/NodeShowCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PHPCR\Shell\Console\Command\Phpcr;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+
+class NodeShowCommand extends Command
+{
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this->setName('node:show');
+        $this->setDescription('Show a node');
+        $this->addArgument('path', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'Path to source node');
+        $this->setHelp(<<<HERE
+HERE
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $session = $this->getHelper('phpcr')->getSession();
+        $absPath = $session->getAbsPath($input->getArgument('path'));
+        $formatter = $this->getHelper('result_formatter');
+        $highlighter = $this->getHelper('syntax_highlighter');
+
+        $skipBinary = true;
+        $noRecurse = true;
+
+        ob_start();
+        $stream = fopen('php://output', 'w+', false);
+        $session->exportSystemView($absPath, $stream, $skipBinary, $noRecurse);
+        $out = ob_get_clean();
+        fclose($stream);
+
+        $output->writeln($highlighter->highlightXml($formatter->formatXml($out)));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/ResultFormatterHelper.php b/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/ResultFormatterHelper.php
index 2d16eca6..daac7559 100644
--- a/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/ResultFormatterHelper.php
+++ b/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/ResultFormatterHelper.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ public function getName()
         return 'result_formatter';
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Return the name of a property from its enumeration (i.e.
      * the value of its CONSTANT)
@@ -171,4 +170,16 @@ public function formatException(\Exception $e)
 
         return sprintf('[%s] %s', get_class($e), $e->getMessage());
     }
+
+    public function formatXml($xmlString)
+    {
+        // format output
+        $dom = new \DOMDocument('1.0');
+        $dom->loadXml($xmlString);
+        $dom->preserveWhitespace = true;
+        $dom->formatOutput = true;
+        $out = $dom->saveXml();
+
+        return $out;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/SyntaxHighlighterHelper.php b/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/SyntaxHighlighterHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d6450df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PHPCR/Shell/Console/Helper/SyntaxHighlighterHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PHPCR\Shell\Console\Helper;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\Helper;
+
+class SyntaxHighlighterHelper extends Helper
+{
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return 'syntax_highlighter';
+    }
+
+    public function highlightXml($string)
+    {
+        $highlighter = new \FSHL\Highlighter(new \FSHL\Output\SymfonyConsole());
+        $highlighter->setLexer(new \FSHL\Lexer\Html());
+        return $highlighter->highlight($string);
+    }
+}