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 concerning His  Passion  and  Death,  which  He  was  soon  to  suffer for the  redemption  of  the  world.

Transported with  joy  at  the  sight,  Peter  exclaimed: “Lord, it is  good  for  us  to  be  here. If Thou  wilt,  let  us  make  here three tabernacles;  one  for  Thee,  and  one  for  Moses,  and  one for Elias.”  As  he  was  yet  speaking,  a bright  cloud  overshadowed them,  and  the  Voice  of  the  Eternal  Father  was  heard, saying: “This  is  My  beloved  Son,  in  whom  I am  well-pleased. Hear ye  Him!”

The disciples  fell  prostrate  on  the  ground,  terrified by the  heavenly  Voice. Then Jesus  came  to  them,  and  touched them, saying:  “Arise,  and  be  not  afraid!”  When  they  arose, they saw  no  one  but  Jesus  alone. As they  went  down  from  the mountain, Jesus  said  to  the  three  disciples:  “Tell  the  vision  to  no one  till  the  Son  of  Man  be  risen  from  the  dead.”

The Divinity  of  Christ  is  proved:

a) by  the  testimony  of  His  heavenly  Father, Who,  at  the  time  of our  Lord’s  Transfiguration,  declared  for  the  second  time  that  Jesus  was His  beloved  Son.

b) by  the  teaching  of  the  apostles, who  were  eye-witnesses  of  His divine  glory.  This  glory  was  visibly  manifested  at  the  Transfiguration, and  was  seen  by  the  three  apostles.  Therefore  St.  Peter  was  able  to write  in  his  second  epistle  (i,  16. 17. 18)  thirty-five  years  later:  “For we  have  not  followed  cunningly  devised  fables,  when  we  made  known