If you read the accounts of the Transfiguration in the three Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke—you will see that it is prefaced by the scene at Caesarea Philippi in which Jesus asks His disciples the question, “Who do men say that I am?” After the familiar words of St. Peter’s confession of faith, the Transfiguration is immediately prefaced by the words in St. Matthew: “Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste of death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.” Mark has it, “before they see the kingdom of God come with power,” and Luke, simply, “before they see the kingdom of God.” Continue reading “Reflections on the Transfiguration”
with Fr. Alban Waggener