It's a New Testament story that's been inspiring the faithful for centuries: On Mount Tabor in Galilee, a cloud appears, Jesus becomes radiant and, in a miracle the Apostles are sworn to keep secret, ...

Catholics encounter the miracle of the Transfiguration every year on the Second Sunday of Lent. That Sunday’s Gospel early in Lent already points Christians — as Jesus pointed Peter, James and John — ...

"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 ...

The Transfiguration. Most Catholics hear of it once a year; it is always the Gospel for the Second Sunday in Lent. Sometimes, when the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (Aug. 6) falls on a ...