Upon a Mountain

It was upon the mountain where they had gone to pray. He was changed completely .Shining! Glory! We celebrate the transfiguration this Sunday.


Today we share a visual to meditate upon:

Livan Kudriashev, Luminescence, 1926

...and some words to enhance our understanding:

Suddenly they saw him

    the way he was,

the way he really was

    all the time,

although they had never 

    seen it before,

the glory which blinds

    the everyday eye

and so becomes invisible.

    This is how

he was, radiant, brilliant,

    carrying joy

like a flaming sun

    in his hands.

This is the way he was--is--

    from the beginning,

and we cannot bear it.

    So he manned himself,

came manifest to us;

    and there on the mountain

they saw him, really saw him,

    saw his light.

We all know that if we really see him we die.

    But isn't that what is required of us?

Then, perhaps, we will see each other, too.

Madeleine L'Engle

Together we celebrate the promise of the living Christ!