The feast of the Transfiguration can be seen as one of the great mysteries of the incarnation. This is attested to by it being one of the mysteries inserted as the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary. Pondering this mystery, therefore, helps us to avoid temptations to dualism and Gnosticism. Jesus, fully human, is revealed to his closest Associates as bearing of divine dignity. The sacraments, likewise, appear ordinary with bread, wine and oil, let alone the ordinariness of the priest and the congregation, yet mediate the glory of God. Since grace builds on nature we can understand that the sacraments elevate and amplify our understanding of God in Christ Jesus. Let us not fall into the trap of thinking that Jesus was simply some wise, itinerant preacher who was deluded enough to think he was God's Son. or, that he was God pretending to be a human being. The truth, revealed definitively in the resurrection, is that he is who who said he was and who the voice from heaven proclaimed him to be: " 'This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased." Furthermore, let us not forget the advice that comes next: "...listen to him!'" (Mtt 17: 5)
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