The Transfiguration describes the pattern of the Christian life: the climb, the glory of the mountaintop, back down the mountain again — only to climb another mountain (Golgotha), and, through it, ...

So what are we doing on a mountaintop in the early days of Lent? Just last week, we were with Jesus in the desert, as he ...

Faith is a treasure that we must possess to live a life of hope, especially in trying times. It’s a gift we must ask from God every day to ...

Last week, we asked “What is temptation?” This led us to reflect on the hierarchy of goods. Temptation arises when lower goods are presented as if they were higher goods. Sin occurs when we choose the ...

The Gospel of the Second Sunday of Lent always features Jesus’ Transfiguration. Why the Transfiguration is so important in the context of Lent is suggested at the end of today’s Gospel from Mark ...

The Transfiguration of Jesus, in the Gospel reading for this Sunday's Mass that Msgr. Joseph Prior explains, uses three images that show how God is not distant but is present to us in a communion of ...

Did you ever wonder how the image of God as an elderly man with white hair got started? The Book of Daniel has probably inspired lots of artists, the most influential being Michelangelo. Interestingly ...

but I tell you that Elijah has already come, |and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased. So also will the Son of Man suffer at their hands.’ Then the disciples understood ...

For Western Christians and Orthodox who follow the New Calendar (that is, most American Orthodox, but not us Old Calendar people), today is the feast of the Transfiguration of Christ. Here, from ...