The Transfiguration

The Transfiguration, by tradition, happened forty days before the crucifixion, and this feast is now celebrated forty days before the Exaltation of the Cross, so that when we would see Christ disfigured on the Cross, “Even as many were amazed at him – so marred were his features, beyond that of mortals, his appearance, beyond that of human beings, (Isaiah 52:14) even so, we would see always the glory of his infinite love, “present everywhere and filling all things.”

Meditation by Archpriest David Petras