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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 3, 2016
Caption: Chapel of the Transfiguration
Additional Description: The name "Transfiguration" is taken from the event in our Lord's earthly life in which, during a time of prayer and meditation in the mountains, Jesus appeared to His disciples "transformed." They saw Him no longer as a simple man, but in an intense light they perceived a glory beyond His ordinary appearance.
The name is apt because, in the presence of this magnificence and grandeur; some small hint of that eternal majesty is conveyed to us who pause and, in quiet, worship. Like the disciples on the mount 2,000 years ago, we would like to stay here. We cannot - we must return to our lives - but, like those disciples, please take away with you the vision of the power and beat of God's presence in the world.
"And Jesus took Peter, James, John and He led them up a high mountain...and Ge was transfigured before them, and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white." -- St. MARK 9: 2&3
Submitted: September 9, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p362152
File Size: 3.364 Megabytes

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