The Transfiguration
The Transfiguration which took place 8 days after Jesus had told his disciples of his impending persecution and death in Jerusalem, is God's way of reaffirming to them and to us that despite the Passion and death of His Son, darkness will not prevail. In fact, Jesus will be glorified, as witnessed by the Apostles Peter, John and James on Mt Tabor, that "his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light ( Matt 17:1-9).
The Transfiguration teaches us that we can be the shinning light of Jesus on this earth in our day to day dealings with the people we meet, so that touched by our sincere intentions in our words and deeds, they too, like the disciples having experienced that shinning light, will want to pitch a tent to be near God and to worship Him.
Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or not sinning.
Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance,
willingness to begin again; and above all, with the capacity
for reconciliation and forgiveness.
- Pope Benedict XVI
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