“Peter wanted to build a tent for Christ. But Christ came to build His dwelling within Peter - and within each one of us. God does not desire merely a structure made by human hands. He desires the human heart. The question of Tabor is therefore very personal: Have I made room within myself for Christ to dwell?
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“The miracle of Tabor is not that Christ suddenly began to shine. The miracle is that human eyes were permitted to see what had always been there. The disciples were granted a glimpse of the divine glory hidden beneath the humility of Christ's humanity. And this is also the invitation offered to every Christian: to allow Christ to open the eyes of our hearts so that we may recognize His presence even in the ordinary, difficult, and sometimes painful moments of our lives.
“If Thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias, and stay here forever.
“Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
“The question is not whether to love it, but how to love it rightly. Our citizenship is in heaven, says the Apostle, and from there we await the Savior. Remembering this does not mean despising the earth. It means refusing to demand from it what it could never give us in the first place – an unshakable foundation.
“the Feast of the Transfiguration as a call to personal spiritual transformation, beginning with their relationships with others