Just as Scripture describes Moses’ face as shining after he encountered God (Ex 34:29-30), the disciples evidently thought that Jesus’ divine encounter caused his own face to shine “like the sun and ...

VATICAN CITY — The Transfiguration reveals the glory of Christ and demands a response of listening to and following Jesus, Pope Francis said in his Sunday Angelus address on March 1. In the readings ...

The Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent is always about the Transfiguration. Although the Fourth Sunday of Lent is Laetare Sunday and the Church dons rose vestments to mark the midpoint of Lent, the ...

Who has not seen and admired Raphael's great masterplece depicting Christ's transfiguration? Up above we see Christ hovering in glory, lifted from earth and clothed in light, accompanied on either ...

When I first met Daniel Berrigan, I wanted his advice about the life that lay ahead for me, but I didn't know exactly what to say. "What's the point of all this?" I finally asked him. Dan took my ...

Speaking to thousands who crowded St. Peters square on a bright Sunday morning, Pope Benedict XVI thanked all those who remained close in spirit during this last week when he and the Roman curia ...

Second Sunday in Lent, Cycle C. Today’s readings: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:28b-36 “But the gods of power and of money are opposed to there being transfiguration. This is ...

Readings (Mass during the Day): 1 Chronicles 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2 1 Corinthians 15: 54b-57 Luke 11:27-28 Readings (Vigil): Revelation 11:19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Lk 1:39-56 The ...

This Second Sunday of Lent, just as we expect to hear scriptural readings foretell the passion and death of Jesus, we read about his transfiguration. Amidst our 40 days of meditation on Jesus’ ...

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