“through the Transfiguration, Christ revealed to His disciples the primordial beauty possessed by humanity before the Fall and which human beings can regain in Him.
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“the Transfiguration revealed to the Apostles the primordial beauty of humanity before the Fall and pointed to the possibility of regaining it in Christ
“the Feast of the Transfiguration as a call to personal spiritual transformation, beginning with their relationships with others
“Christ was transfigured before His disciples, and His face shone “like the sun.”
“Then, when we become incorruptible and immortal and attain the Christ-like [= likeness to Christ] and most blessed end, we shall always be with the Lord, as the divine Paul says (1 Thessalonians 4:17), being fulfilled in the visible Theophany through all-holy contemplations, while the most radiant flashes of light shine around us, as they did upon the Disciples in that most divine Transfiguration
“the bishop explained the spiritual significance of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord and emphasized the need for every Christian to undergo spiritual transformation
“Christ is that mirror in which everyone sees himself as he truly is. This sole mirror has been given to humanity so that all people may look into it and see what they are like. For in Christ, as in the purest mirror, each person sees himself as sick and ugly, and yet also sees his beautiful original image, which he once was and must become once again
“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.