(Unless otherwise indicated, the above photos were taken at Mt. Tabor in Israel on 3/9/17.)
"Jesus transfigured on Mount Tabor wished to show His disciples His glory not to avoid their passing through the cross, but to indicate where the cross leads to.
One who dies with Christ, will rise with Christ. And the cross is
the door of the Resurrection. One who fights with Him, will triumph with
Him. This is the message of hope contained in Christ’s Cross, exhorting
to fortitude in our existence. The Christian Cross is not a furnishing
of the home or an ornament to wear, but the Christian cross is an appeal
to the love with which Jesus sacrificed Himself to save humanity from
evil and from sin" (Pope Francis, 3/12/17).
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