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A mosaic of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the Church of the Transfiguration, in the Israeli region of Galilee in this 2006 file photo. OSV News photo/Greg Tarczyinski, CNS

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Father Koch: Transfiguration pre-figures Jesus’ Resurrection

August 8, 2023January 21, 2026

By FATHER GARRY KOCH Gospel reflection for Aug. 6, 2023 – Feast of the Transfiguration of the LordThis Solemnity of the Transfiguration is one of the few that supersedes a Sunday of Ordinary Time, so it notes a special and particular moment in the life of the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world.Pope St…....