Feast of the Transfiguration!!!

A beautiful way to start a brand new week, celebrating the Feast of Our Lord's Transfiguration. Whenever the gospel depicting the Transfiguration of Jesus is proclaimed, I always say it is our glimpse of glory. That is the reason Jesus was transfigured before the three main disciples: Peter, James, and John. Our Lord had been telling them of his approaching passion and death, but that would not be the end, because three days later, he would rise victorious from the tomb. The Resurrection, the Transfiguration give us hope because death is not the end, but the beginning. Life has changed, not ended. As this commentator writes, "Christ's Tabor radiance is a kind of mirror in which we glimpse the glory that God wills to give his friends. The resplendence of the Transfiguration reveals the fullness of life destined to be ours. The Transfiguration invites us to configuration. As we peer into the glory that pours from every pore of the transfigured Christ, we cast off everything unworthy of our personal relationship with the Infinite, and we take on the luster of the Son of God" (Magnificat, 84). May this feast renew our faith and hope. May we be transformed by the presence of the Transfigured Christ and proclaim this Good News to all peoples. Have a blessed Feast Day!!!!