What's the deal with Christ's transfiguration?

Father Hugh is next.

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This month, the church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration and the story of how we got

this celebration in August is fascinating.

So we asked Father Hugh Barbara to share that story with us today.

Father Hugh, as you probably know, is the former prior of St Michael's Abbey in Orange County, California, that's a community of

Norbertine priests. He also has served as our beloved chaplain here at Cathagansors.

More than learning just about how we got the summer feast of the transfiguration, however. I also wanted to ask

Father Hugh about the transfiguration itself. It's obviously a moment of tremendous importance in the

ministry, in the life of Jesus, and in his communication of himself to his

apostles. So what is it? What exactly is happening in the transfiguration and

why is that happening? In answer, as Father Hugh usually does, he uncovers some very helpful nuggets on the relationship

between the transfiguration of I just wanted to start out by asking you father what is the transfiguration we haven't

described to us but what actually is happening there is it a vision is it an

epiphany what would we call it what's happening in the

transfiguration of Christ? Well it's certainly a vision or an epiphany which

means the epiphany means a revelation but in the case of transfiguration it is our Lord's principal miracle of all the miracles that he worked during the course of his earthly life up until his glorious

resurrection because what it means is that in his body capable of suffering he

ordered the revelation through his body of the glory of his divinity.

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