“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
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“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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“Christianity is not simply about becoming a slightly better version of ourselves. Christ calls us to be transfigured - to allow anger to become mercy, fear to become faith, selfishness to become sacrificial love, despair to become hope, and darkness within us to be filled with His light.
“Christianity is not simply about becoming a slightly better version of ourselves. Christ calls us to be transfigured - to allow anger to become mercy, fear to become faith, selfishness to become sacrificial love, despair to become hope, and darkness within us to be filled with His light.
“the Transfiguration revealed to the Apostles the primordial beauty of humanity before the Fall and pointed to the possibility of regaining it in Christ
“when Christ comes a second time, we will be like Him.
“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.
“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.