Destiny

In the past, every icon painter began his or her career by reproducing the scene of the transfiguration, not to escape into some imaginary paradise, but to die to self by opening the self to Beauty crucified.

The destiny of every Christian is written between two mountains: from Calvary to the mountain of the transfiguration. The face of the living God is to be seen in the faces of those who listen to Christ's word and are transformed by it.

The Saint Andrew Bible Missal