The Divine call to listen to Jesus in our reading this week holds deeper meaning for us, too. It means following Jesus back down the mountain, into the valleys where the guilty are justified and ...

The disciples saw two Old Testament figures along with Jesus: Moses and Elijah. The event took place shortly before Jesus' death, followed by the departure of many of his disciples. In this context, ...

The Gospels do not explain how the disciples were able to recognize Moses and Elijah at the Transfiguration, so any answer is a guess. Possible ways the disciples were able to recognize Moses and ...

Elijah fed by the ravens, by Giovanni Lanfranco. (Credit: Wikicommons.) Listen The witness of the prophet Elijah echoes through the ages. The holy man’s life was filled with intense prayer and ...

Our reading this week is from the gospel of Matthew: Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured ...

Thanks for joining our very brief study of Moses. He was a servant of the Lord who led the ancient Israelites – God’s chosen people – out of Egyptian bondage to the edge of the Promised Land. Moses ...

Byzantine remains stand in the place where, according to tradition, the prophet Elijah was born and taken up to Heaven. The Transfiguration of Jesus is one of the five major milestones in the gospel ...