Here, from Matthew 17, is the event Christians commemorate ... short reflection on the meaning of the Transfiguration: The glory of Christ on Mount Tabor embodies a joy that is unspeakable.

I haven’t stopped thinking about an essay I read 15 years ago when I was in seminary. My pastoral life has been a decadelong conversation with Peter Dula’s “Fugitive Ecclesia,” a chapter from his ...

During Lent, we spiritually accompany Jesus on his “death march” from Mount Tabor ... of the Jewish Scriptures (cf. Matthew 22:40), testifying to Jesus. The Transfiguration is a premonition ...

This is one of the most dramatic events recorded in Matthew’s Gospel and reveals the true identity of Jesus. The word ‘transfigure’ means to change or be transformed. In this event Jesus ...

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