Saints + Scripture: Feast of the Transfiguration

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'Tis the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord: Transfiguration-link ūnus, Transfiguration-link ūnus, Wikipedia-link Transfiguration, & Wikipedia-link Feast.

Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:

Jesus & three of His apostles, Peter, James, & John, go to a mountain to pray. On the mountain, Jesus begins to shine with bright rays of light. Then the prophets Moses & Elijah appear next to Him & He speaks to them. Jesus is then called "Son" by a voice in the sky, assumed to be God the Father.

Quoth Minute Meditations from the Popes:

Lord Jesus, help me to realize that Your Transfiguration on Mount Tabor is not an event that seperates You from us. It is rather a sign of the glory of the Kingdom into which You have invited us.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
The Book of Daniel, chapter seven, verses nine, ten, thirteen, & fourteen;
Psalm Ninety-seven, verses one & two, five & six, & nine;
The Second Letter of Peter, chapter one, verses sixteen thru nineteen;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses twenty-eight(b) thru thirty-six.

Commentary: Reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):

Friends, today’s Gospel recounts the story of the Transfiguration. Here the glorified Jesus represents the fulfillment of the Old Testament revelation, symbolized by Moses, representing the Law, and Elijah, representing the prophets.

Let’s look at the two basic divisions. God gave the Torah, the Law, to his people, in order that they might become a priestly people, a holy nation, a people set apart, in the hopes that they would then function as a sort of magnet to the rest of the world. But the Law didn’t take. From the very beginning, the people turned away from its dictates, and became as bad as the nations around them.

And then the prophets. Over and again we hear the call to be faithful to the Torah, to follow the ways of the Lord. The prophets turn on Israel itself repeatedly, reminding her of her sinfulness.

And then came Jesus, God and man. Jesus did what no hero of Judaism had ever done: fulfilled the Law, remained utterly obedient to the demands of the Father, even to the point of laying down his life. He brought the Torah and the prophets thereby to fulfillment.

Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Scripture Study—Day 91: Progeny Point, Day 9
The Book of Genesis, chapter twenty-nine, verses eighteen thru thirty.

Commentary: Jacob Marries Laban's Daughters (Genesis, 29:18-30).

'Tis also the festival of Saints Justus & Pastor, Martyrs (died circa 304, of Alcalá), martyred in the reign of the Roman emperors Diocletian & Maximian, victims of the Great Persecution: Martyr-link Juliett, Martyr-link Papa, & Wikipedia-link; Persecutions-link & Wikipedia-link Persecution.

Commentary: Brothers.

'Tis also the festival of Saint Hormisdas, Pope (450-523), fifty-second (LII) Bishop of Rome, who ended the Acacian schism: Saint-link ūnus, Saint-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Pontiffs-link & Wikipedia-link Pontiff; & Wikipedia-link Schism.

Commentary: Father of Pope St. Silverius [20 June].

We also commemorate Venerable Antonio Margil, Priest, O.F.M. (1657-1726, "Nothingness Itself"), who founded the Misión San José in San Antonio, Texas: Venerable-link ūnus, Venerable-link duo, & Wikipedia-link; Wikipedia-link Mission.

'Tis also the festival of Blessed Tadeusz Dulny, Martyr (1914-1942), martyred in the reign of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, one of the One Hundred Eight Blessed Polish Martyrs: Martyr-link & Wikipedia-link (List, № 11); Martyrs-link Polska & Wikipedia-link Polska.

Saint Quote o' the Day

"Liberation & salvation, signs of the Kingdom of God, have both a physical & a spiritual dimension. Two actions are characteristic of the mission Jesus fulfilled: healing & forgiving."
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, feast day: 22 October)

Saint Quote o' the Day

""At His Transfiguration Christ showed His disciples the splendor of His beauty, to which He will shape & color those who are His."
—St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church (1225-1274, feast day: 28 January)