The Transfiguration reveals the mystery of Christ’s Person. In His glorified body, He stands as the fulfillment of the Law with Moses and of the Prophets with Elijah. He is the beloved Son of the Father, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. Yet Tabor cannot be separated from Calvary, nor Calvary from Easter morning.
The Apostles could not grasp this at once. Comprehension required time, memory, and grace. What was revealed had to be received before it could be understood. This pattern is woven into human life itself: mystery first, then revelation, then understanding. And even understanding does not exhaust mystery; it opens us to still more.
This same pattern governs ordinary experience. A young man may take up manual work without fully knowing why. Skill comes slowly – through correction, repetition, and trust in those who know more than he does. Eventually, he produces something solid and recognizable as his own – perhaps just a table. Yet even so, he did not create from nothing. His achievement rests on instruction, materials, discipline, and the wisdom of others. What he makes is truly his, but it is not his alone.
Our vocations follow a similar path. We consider whether
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