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 — ...

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, ...

"Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; from the cloud came a voice, ‘This is my beloved Son. Listen to him'" (Mark 9:7). This verse, read during the Second Sunday of Lent, is from the Gospel ...

The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Aug. 6 is a major feast of both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches and has often been depicted by both in art. In the West, the Transfiguration has been ...

Photo by Yoann Boyer, courtesy of Unsplash. Ignatius Loyola was fond of using his imagination to fill in the blanks of his limited theological vision. In order to reach the depths of contemplation, ...

Did you ever wonder how the image of God as an elderly man with white hair got started? The Book of Daniel has probably inspired lots of artists, the most influential being Michelangelo. Interestingly ...

"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 ...

WALLACE — Nearly 70 years ago, inside a wooden church on a dirt road west of Rose Hill, NC were the humble beginnings of Transfiguration of Jesus Catholic Church, now a multicultural parish ...

WALLACE — Transfiguration of Jesus Catholic Church recently celebrated its 70th anniversary as a Catholic faith community in Wallace with more than 200 people in attendance. The Most Reverend Luis ...

Washington Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjívar, the first Salvadoran-born bishop in the United States, celebrated a Mass in honor of the Divine Savior of the World -- the patron of El Salvador -- urging ...

The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on my mother’s 14th birthday: Aug. 6, 1945. My mother, who lived to celebrate another 70 birthdays, did not appreciate the yearly reminder ...