(Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord [August 6, 2020] at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City, and was posted originally on August 5, 2023.)
Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas: Transfiguration and Prayer: Often Misunderstood, They Are Deeply Related (& Good Liturgy)
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By Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Catholic World Report
Reverend Peter M.J. Stravinskas founded The Catholic Answer in 1987 and The Catholic Response in 2004, as well as the Priestly Society of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, a clerical association of the faithful, committed to Catholic education, liturgical renewal and the new evangelization. Father Stravinskas is also the President of the Catholic Education Foundation, an organization, which serves as a resource for heightening the Catholic identity of Catholic schools.
Some people say, “If only I had been there with Peter, James, and John, then my life in Christ would be so different, so much stronger.” Ah, but we have been there many times over.
Did you ever walk into a theater while the last showing was still going on, so that you saw the end of the film before the beginning? That is something like the experience Peter, James, and John must have had on Mount Tabor, as they got a kind of sneak preview of Jesus’ glory. Peter especially loved it up there on that mountain. It was comfortable; there was no suffering; there were no enemies, only close friends. And Peter wanted to stay.
But that’s not real life, as we know all too well. That’s some far-off Utopia. But Christianity is a religion that enables us to cope with real life, and so Jesus brings the disciples back to reality with the stark message that the Son of Man must suffer before entering into His glory. And if Christ must go through suffering and death, so must we. ….
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