Quote/s of the Day – 6 August – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – 2 Peter 1:16-19, Matthew 17:1-9 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“Lord, it is good for us to be here”
Matthew 17:4
“Let us listen to the holy Voice of God
which summons us from on high,
from the holy mountain top.
There, we must hasten – I make bold to say –
like Jesus, Who is our leader
and has gone before us into Heaven.
There, with Him, may the eyes of our mind
shine with His light and the features of our soul
be made new; may we be transfigured with Him
and moulded to His image,
ever becoming divine,
being transformed in an ever greater degree of glory.”
St Anastasius Sinaita (Died 6th Century)
Priest and Abbot
of St Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai
“What was surprising about Jesus’ Face
becoming like the sun since He Himself is the Sun?
He is indeed the Sun but a Sun hidden behind a cloud.
Now, for a moment, the cloud dispersed
and He shone out.
What is this cloud that dispersed?
It was not so much the flesh
but the weakness of the flesh
that disappeared for a moment.”
Peter the Venerable (1092-1156)
Abbot of Cluny
Sermon 1 for the Transfiguration
“At His Transfiguration
Christ showed His disciples,
the splendour of His beauty,
to which He will shape and colour
those who are His:
‘He will reform our lowness
configured to the body of His glory.’”
St Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)
Doctor of the Church
AnaStpaul 