The baptism and subsequent temptation of Jesus not only stand at the outset of Jesus’s public ministry, but as a pair of events they also seem to set the terms for it. In his baptism, Jesus is anointed for his mission, even as his subsequent...
The word transfigured comes from a Greek term meaning a transformation that starts from within. At the Transfiguration, the divine nature of Jesus shone through him. This event, witnessed by Peter, James, and John, teaches us key truths about who...
