The Transfiguration of Our Lord is hard to understand. Why did it happen? What did it mean? Here are 10 things you need to know. 1. What does the word “transfiguration” mean?

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, ... Dale Coulter has a lovely short reflection on the meaning of the Transfiguration: The glory of Christ on Mount Tabor embodies a joy that is unspeakable.

The Transfiguration is a premonition of Calvary. In both cases, Jesus is glorified on a mountain top with witnesses at his right and left — two prophets on Mount Tabor, two thieves on Mount Calvary.

Asked what mountain the Transfiguration took place on, Caywood said it could have been Mount Herman but was probably the Mount of Olives, where Jesus will go when he comes again to judge mankind.

May 27—Described in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ was an affirmation to the Disciples Peter, James and John that Jesus was the Son of God and the old ...

Today’s Sunday Gospel is about the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ in Mount Tabor and it was writing by the Evangelist Mark on Mk 9:2-10.

The three Gospel accounts of Jesus’ transfiguration (Matt. 17:1–13; Mark 9:2–13; Luke 9:28–36) clearly picture this bizarre moment as offering special insight into Jesus’ uniqueness—if ...

The Transfiguration of Jesus gives us the courage to accept him—and our authentic selves Ricardo da Silva, S.J. August 05, 2022 The apse of The Church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, Israel.

This does not mean that Jesus is 50% God and 50% man, but rather that Jesus is both fully God and fully man, he said. The Transfiguration was also a display of all three persons in the Trinity ...