The Gospel of the Second Sunday of Lent always features Jesus’ Transfiguration. Why the Transfiguration is so important in the context of Lent is suggested at the end of today’s Gospel from Mark ...

Just as the First Sunday of Lent’s Gospel is always Jesus’ Temptation in the Desert, so the Second Sunday’s is always his Transfiguration. The Church officially celebrates the Solemnity of the ...

"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 ...

Christ’s resplendence in the Transfiguration says more than we think. Jesus Christ is arguably the most famous man who ever lived. His image is everywhere. But what did the God-Man from Nazareth ...

For Western Christians and Orthodox who follow the New Calendar (that is, most American Orthodox, but not us Old Calendar people), today is the feast of the Transfiguration of Christ. Here, from ...

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 ...

This is Italian artist Titian's depiction of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ with Moses at the upper left, Elijah at the upper right and the Apostles Peter, James and John in the foreground.

Servant of God Mary Elizabeth Lange transformed the lives of many people, especially Black women and children in Baltimore, Maryland. She founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence, and along with the ...

Several years ago, as I walked through a prison compound in North Carolina, I noticed flowers: native plants, patches of white and purple phloxes, baptisia, witch hazel, and forsythia alight with ...

This Sunday’s first reading from Genesis narrates the call of Abram. God summons this great Hebrew patriarch to leave his land, family, and culture and to take up life in a land he does not know.

(RNS) — Those whose descent leads to dramatic suffering can rest assured that Christ suffers along with them and provides hope of the resurrection. (RNS) — Of all the feasts celebrated in the church — ...