Moving ahead, let’s study the meaning of: Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at ...

"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo by Yoann Boyer, courtesy of Unsplash. Ignatius Loyola was fond of using his imagination to fill in the blanks of his limited theological vision. In order to reach the depths of contemplation, ...

When I was about 7 or 8 years old and my older brother’s voice was changing he did something nice for me. (It’s easy to remember because such an occurrence was so rare.) I was afraid that there was ...

A general view taken on April 7, 2014 shows the decorated ceiling of The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Basilica of the Resurrection, one of Christianity's holiest sites in ...

The Gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Lent commemorates the mysterious event known as the Transfiguration. This event is hard to understand. Why did it happen? What did it mean? Here are 10 ...