556. On the threshold of the public life: the baptism; on the threshold of the Passover: the Transfiguration. Jesus’ baptism proclaimed “the mystery of the first regeneration”, namely, our Baptism; the Transfiguration “is the sacrament of the second regeneration”: our own Resurrection.300 From now on we share in the Lord’s Resurrection through the Spirit who acts in the sacraments of the Body of Christ. the Transfiguration gives us a foretaste of Christ’s glorious coming, when he “will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body.”301 But it also recalls that “it is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God”:302
Peter did not yet understand this when he wanted to remain with Christ on the mountain. It has been reserved for you, Peter, but for after death. For now, Jesus says: “Go down to toil on earth, to serve on earth, to be scorned and crucified on earth. Life goes down to be killed; Bread goes down to suffer hunger; the Way goes down to be exhausted on his journey; the Spring goes down to suffer thirst; and you refuse to suffer?”303
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
447. How does one respect the holiness of the Name of God?
266. Why is this sacrament called Chrismation or Confirmation?
5. How can we speak about God?
344. What is matrimonial consent?
498. What are immoral means of birth control?
165. In what way is the Church holy?
227. What is the sacramental character?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What do the horseman, angel, and Lord symbolize in Zechariah’s vision described in Zechariah 1:8-17?
What can we learn from Edom’s pride described in Abdias 1:3?
Joseph’s story: How did God use Joseph’s story to fulfill his purposes?
What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself according to James 2:8, and why is it important?
