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	Transfiguration of the Lord
		In substance, the theophany of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor prepares the Apostles for the Cross on Golgotha in the perspective of the Resurrection.
		During the Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor, Peter, James and John had been able to experience in advance the joy and the meeting of the beatific vision of paradise.
		During the Transfiguration, as at other important occasions in the Lord's earthly life, it is Peter who speaks, making himself the spokesman for the other two apostles: Peter, the one who expresses the faith of the apostles, the faith of the church.
	home.att.net /~faithleap/Transfiguration_of_the_Lord.htm (1919 words)

	Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church
		Forty days before He was delivered to an ignominious death for our sins, our Lord revealed to three of His disciples the glory of His Divinity.
		By this means the faith of the disciples was strengthened and prepared for the trial of our Lord’s approaching passion and death; and they were able to see in it not mere human suffering, but the entirely voluntary passion of the Son of God.
		The disciples saw also Moses and Elijah talking with our Lord, and thereby they understood that He was not Himself Elijah or another of the prophets, as some thought, but someone much greater: He Who could call upon the Law and the Prophets to be His witnesses, since He was the fulfillment of both.
	www.holy-transfiguration.org /transfig_signif.html (1611 words)

	Sermon by Rev. Kurt H. Asplundh - 3/24/97 - THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD
		Our subject is the Transfiguration of the Lord, that amazing event recorded in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, when the Lord was transformed before the eyes of Peter, James and John.
		While the transfiguration of the Lord represents the Word in its glory, the overshadowing cloud represents a particular aspect of the Word called in New Church doctrine the "sense of the letter" (SS 48), or Divine truth in its outmost or literal meaning (AR 24).
		The Lord in this transfiguration caused Himself to be seen as the Word; therefore a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice was heard out of the cloud, that He is the Son of God.
	www.vrtinc.com /sermons/kha970324.html (2588 words)

	Transfiguration of Our Lord (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		When You were transfigured, 0 Savior, upon a high mountain, having with You the chief disciples, You shone forth in glorious majesty, proving thereby that those who surpass in the height of their virtues shall be counted worthy of the divine glory.
		The Transfiguration of Christ is one of the central events recorded in the Gospels.
		Christ is the Lord of both the living and the dead.
	www.theologic.com /oflweb/feasts/08-06.htm (798 words)

	Transfiguration of our Lord
		Hence, the Transfiguration of Christ is a revelation of His divine identity and certainly within the limits which the Apostles could uphold "so far as they were able".
		Furthermore, the Transfiguration of our Saviour is a revelation of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity; The Son and Word of the Father is present bodily on Tabor, as the God-Man Jesus Christ.
		Our Saints with the miracles they perform are partakers of the Divine Grace and communicants of God, and through their holy relics, which are full of the Divine Grace and allow us to keep them as a priceless treasure and venerate them feeling their inexpressible fragrance which they give forth!...
	home.it.net.au /~jgrapsas/pages/Metamorphosis.htm (1231 words)

	St. Matthias Transfiguration Catholic School
		The mission of St. Matthias/Transfiguration School is to provide a total education (spiritual and academic) for our children, enabling them to compete effectively in a constantly changing world where faith in God, love of self and others, and hope for the future are essential.
		Matthias Transfiguration School is a culturally, ethnically and economically diverse school that provides students with excellence in classical education and values for life.
		Matthias Transfiguration elementary school is a private catholic school located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, in the Lincoln Square neighborhood.
	www.values4life.com /values (411 words)

	FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD, GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
		The event of the Transfiguration is recorded in three of the four Gospels: Matthew 17:1-9, Mark 9:2-8, and Luke 9:28-36.
		In the icon of the Feast of the Transfiguration, Christ is the central figure (1.), appearing in a dominant position within a circular mandorla.
		This Feast of our Lord is celebrated with the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, which is conducted on the day of the feast and preceded by the Matins service.
	www.goarch.org /en/special/listen_learn_share/transfiguration/learn (923 words)

	SAINTS AND FEASTS
		You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, in so far as they could bear, beheld Your glory.
		Our Lord had spoken to His disciples many times not only concerning His Passion, Cross, and Death, but also concerning the coming persecutions and afflictions that they themselves would endure.
		According to tradition, the Lord's Transfiguration came to pass forty days before His Crucifixion; this is why the Transfiguration is celebrated forty days before the Exaltation of the Cross.
	www.goarch.org /en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=155 (509 words)

	The Transfiguration of Our Lord
		Transfiguration Sunday is always the Sunday before the beginning of the Lenten season which is this Ash Wednesday.
		But in his second epistle in which he writes of the Lord's transfiguration, St. Peter is clear to point out that it was not the experience to which he claims the truth of Christ who had come to take away the darkness of sin.
		We have the glorious presence of Christ in our baptism and in the precious Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
	www.concordtx.org /sermons/transfig.htm (1080 words)

	Transfiguration
		Transfiguration of Our Saviour was a revelation of the highest grace of the Kingdom of God "coming with power." Not physical but spiritual light of Christ's Divine nature, by then hidden under the veil of His human flesh, shone on Mount Tabor.
		The hymns of the Feast of the Lord's Transfiguration reproduce the circumstances of the event: the Saviour's prayer, the disciples' sleep, the light on the top of the mountain and the shining Saviour, the appearance of prophets Moses and Elias, the Lord's conversation with them, the Apostles' fear, and the voice of God Father.
		When Thou wast transfigured, O Savior, on a high mountain, having the chief disciples with Thee, Thou hast shone forth in glorious majesty, proving that those who excel in the height of their virtues shall be counted worthy of the divine glory.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/preob_e.htm (8311 words)

	The Transfiguration of Our Lord, - August 6, 2005 @ TraditionInAction.org
		A reminder of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the three Apostles, Peter, James, and John, can be found in the Mass when Jesus is lifted up by the priest for all to adore Him, as was the case for the Apostles, who bowed before the Divinity.
		Our faith should not have to rely only on miracles, but rather should depend upon our strong belief in the Divinity of Our Lord.
		Our charity should depend upon our willingness to be united with Jesus Christ and Mary on the way of the Cross at every moment of every day.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j140sdTransfiguration_Streten_7-6.shtml (864 words)

	The Word Of Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This story of the transfiguration is one of the most powerful of all the stories in the Scripture.
		Our lives can be transfigured through the acceptance of the cross, which is a powerful of way of saying, through a life of service love.
		That this is a judge that died for us so that our lives and the life of the world could be transfigured.
	home.comcast.net /~sjchurch/deacon/homily/transfig_b_2000.html (853 words)

	The Transfiguration of our Lord
		“You were transfigured on the mount and Your disciples insofar as they were able beheld your glory, O Christ our God, that, when they should see You crucified they would remember that Your suffering was voluntary and could declare to all the world that You are truly the effulgent splendor of the Father” (kontakion).
		Christ is, in fact, being transfigured on the altar.
		On this day, fruits are blessed, especially grapes, because they are symbolic of the perpetually new transfiguration of our Lord in the Holy Eucharist.
	www3.telus.net /public/josaphat/Feasts_Holy_Days/transfiguration_of_our_lord.htm (653 words)

	Transfiguration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		the Transfiguration of Jesus, an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus underwent transfiguration.
		In the Harry Potter books and films, transfiguration is the art of metamorphosis, changing of the form and appearance of an object, and the conjuring and creation of objects.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transfiguration (128 words)

	Transfiguration
		Mary, our mother, like her Son was growing in her faith, her understanding of Jesus’ vocation and her acceptance of the mission God destined for her Son.
		The Transfiguration was necessary to help the apostles increase their faith and recognize the divinity of Jesus, His union with the Father and the Spirit as well as with the prophets of the Old Testament.
		The Transfiguration of the Lord is one shining moment in the life of the apostles that prepares them for the trials ahead.
	www.ewtn.com /Devotionals/novena/Transfiguration.htm (1382 words)

	Feast of the Transfiguration
		In the East, the Festival of the Transfiguration has been celebrated since the late fourth century, and is one of the twelve great festivals of the East Orthodox calendar.
		At the time of the Reformation, it was still felt in some countries to be a "recent innovation," and so was not immediately taken over into most Reformation calendars, but is now found on most calendars that have been revised in the twentieth century.
		Whether observing the Transfiguration then will affect the observation of it on 6 August remains to be seen.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/bio/219.html (433 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Miracle
		Our experience of causation is not the experience of a mere sequence but of a sequence due to the necessary operation of essences viewed as principles or sources of action.
		In this way our will interferes with the workings of natural forces and with human tendencies, as is shown in our intercourse with men and in the science of government.
		Can we not believe that, at our prayer, God may cause the conditions of natural phenomena so to combine that, through His special agency, we may obtain our heart's desire and yet so that, to the ordinary observer, the event happens in its ordinary place and time.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10338a.htm (11307 words)

	Transfiguration A
		Transfiguration and Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
		Liturgy for the Transfiguration of our Lord, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
		Liturgical Resources for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mount Tabor from the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.
	www.textweek.com /yeara/transfiga.htm (1369 words)

	Saint Peter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While fishing in the Lake of Gennesaret, Simon and his brother Andrew were called by Jesus to be his followers, with the words, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men" (Matthew 4:18-19; Mark 1:16-17).
		Peter is frequently mentioned in the Gospels as forming, with James the Elder and John, a special group within the Twelve Apostles, present at incidents, such as the Transfiguration of Jesus, that the others were not party to.
		Peter is also often depicted in the Gospels as spokesman of all the apostles, and as one to whom Jesus gave special authority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Peter (3833 words)

	www.vocation.com - The Transfiguration of the Lord
		And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them.
		The transfiguration, in all its marvel, was reserved only to Christs most intimate friends.
		Lord, to be your disciple, you ask me to take up my cross and follow you.
	www.vocation.com /content-abr.htm (1085 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : August 06, 2005 : Transfiguration
		God our Father, in the transfigured glory of Christ your Son, you strengthen our faith by confirming the witness of your prophets, and show us the splendor of your beloved sons and daughters.
		Before that, the Transfiguration of the Lord was celebrated in the Syrian, Byzantine, and Coptic rites.
		The purpose of the Transfiguration was to encourage and strengthen the Apostles who were depressed by their Master's prediction of His own Passion and Death.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2005-08-06 (622 words)

	THE FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD ON MOUNT TABOR
		And the LORD said to Moses, "Lo, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you for ever." Then Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
		And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory." And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
		Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
	www.cired.org /liturgy/transfiguration.html (1872 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Transfiguration
		The Transfiguration of Christ is the culminating point of His public life, as His Baptism is its starting point, and His Ascension its end.
		It is again objected that Our Lord was transfigured on Mount Hermon, since He was at that time in its vicinity.
		Moreover the summits of Hermon are covered with snow as late as June, and even the lesser peaks of 4000 or 5000 feet are likewise snow-covered in February and March, the period of the Transfiguration.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15019a.htm (550 words)

	The Transfiguration of the Lord
		The Lord is king; let the people tremble; he is enthroned upon the Cherubim; let the earth shake.
		Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool; he is the Holy One.
		Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God and worship him upon his holy hill; for the Lord our God is the Holy One.
	www.st-matthew.on.ca /bulletin/transfig.htm (742 words)

	The Transfiguration of Our Lord
		The Grace and Mercy of our Lord, Jesus Christ, be with you all.
		The transfiguration is that moment when something very large and limitless is captured in something small and limited, when eternity is somehow present in a moment.
		Having glimpsed His glory we are to find our strength not in ourselves, not in our own wisdom, not in the might of our money nor in the power of our nation but in the power of God.
	www.bright.net /~graceelc/01/022501S.html (1557 words)

	THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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	The Transfiguration of Our Lord
		Through the Transfiguration, Christ transports us — with his disciples — to a state of immense joy and consolation, as we stand in the midst of God’s glory.
		We too are called to carry our cross in life, allow ourselves to be transformed by God’s grace and, at our death, become one with Christ in His glory.
		Importantly, like Jesus’ Baptism, the whole Trinity is present at the Transfiguration — the Father in the voice, the Son in the man and the Holy Spirit in the cloud.
	www.catholicculture.com /rosary/transfiguration.html (869 words)

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