My friend Mike sent me some thoughts as he prepared a Transfiguration sermon, noting that after the glorious, fear-inspiring vision, Jesus touches the disciples. This detail, which is only in ...

but not us Old Calendar people), today is the feast of the Transfiguration of Christ. Here, from Matthew 17, is the event Christians commemorate: After six days Jesus took with him Peter ...

"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2 ... is Matthew's account of the Transfiguration, an event that is noted ...

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 ...

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 ...

The three Gospel accounts of Jesus’ transfiguration (Matt. 17:1–13; Mark 9:2–13 ... you’re not paying attention. But Matthew, having told us that Jesus’ face “shone like the sun ...

Today’s Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord is a good ... “But Jesus came and touched them,” writes Matthew (Mt 17:7). The Greek word that Matthew uses, hapto, means, “to cause ...

Sunday, Aug. 6, is the Feast of the Transfiguration. Mass readings: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Peter 1:16-19; Matthew 17:1-9. This feast is ultimately about vision. The Lord ...

That proclamation, echoing what Jesus had heard at his baptism (Matthew 3:16-17), confirmed Jesus as ... The wonder of the Transfiguration was not a light show but an invitation.