The reading of the transfiguration account is placed at the very end of the Epiphany season. It is the climax of the Epiphany season. That is because this bizarre and strange and miraculous event reveals more clearly to human eyes – in this case, the eyes of Peter, James, and John – that we are not dealing with an ordinary man here.
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When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
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In today’s text Paul states an objection raised by these same Gentile converts to Christianity: “But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?'”
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Think about it: some will say, “The resurrection of the dead is not reasonable! It’s not scientific!” First of all, the resurrection is not unreasonable, and it is not unscientific. It is not contrary to either reason or science. But most importantly, it is biblical. And so we say, “Here I stand” and not “No, I stand over there with the majority” or whatever.
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What are spiritual gifts? Spiritual gifts are Holy Spirit-created talents or abilities that he gives to each and every Christian to be used by each and every Christian at some point in some way to help and build up believers. “For the common good,” St. Paul says (1 Cor. 12:7).
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