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If any of the mysteries of the Rosary deserves to be called “luminous,” the transfiguration of Christ certainly does.
This event, which appears in slightly different forms in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, describes an astonishing experience that Jesus shared with Peter, James, and John.
Some parts of the narrative have perplexed generations of gospel scholars. For example, what is the point of Peter’s apparently senseless remarks about wanting to set up “three dwellings”? Endless pious suggestions and guesses have been made about the meaning of these words. Essentially, however, this narrative reveals Jesus’ deepest identity as the Son of God. The apostles hear a second time the words “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” which God proclaimed at Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan.
The narrative also relates Jesus to Moses and Elijah, two of the greatest figures in the Hebrew Scriptures, making Jesus the fulfillment of everything taught by these two…
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