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2 giorni fa · The Transfiguration was a special event in which God allowed certain apostles to have a privileged spiritual experience that was meant to strengthen their faith for the challenges they would later endure.
5 giorni fa · It is followed by “From the Baptism in Jordan to the Transfiguration” and then “From the arrival in Jerusalem to the Resurrection”. The trilogy about Jesus of Nazareth was integrated into the Opera Omnia of Joseph Ratzinger although the individual books were published during his pontificate.
3 giorni fa · The Transfiguration tells us not just about God but about ourselves. It tells us about our destiny. The Transfiguration is not some isolated, “one-off” event. It was not just intended to buoy up three Apostles by pointing them to the then-future Resurrection.
4 giorni fa · Eastern Christianity emphasizes that Christ’s transfiguration is the prototype of spiritual illumination, which is possible for the committed disciple of Jesus. This Christian form of “enlightenment” is facilitated by the ascetic disciplines of prayer, fasting, and charitable almsgiving.
5 giorni fa · The hospital of the Savoy, dedicated to the honour of the Blessed Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and St. John the Baptist, was founded by King Henry VII in 1505 on the south side of the Strand, on the spot once occupied by the palace of Peter of Savoy, uncle of Eleanor of Provence.
5 giorni fa · Matthew 17, Mark 9, and Luke 9 all recount the transfiguration of Jesus atop a very high mountain in Galilee (Mt. Tabor). Jesus was visited by Moses and Elijah. His appearance changed and Jesus became as bright as the sun with flashing lightning.
5 giorni fa · This Sunday, July 7, the Armenian Church observes one of its five major feasts, the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ (Aylagerbutiun/Vartavar). This Feast is observed fourteen weeks after Easter, and therefore can fall between June 28 and August 1.
