And we will strain the eye of our mind towards the Word, now enthroned with his body over the triumphal arch of the heavens. He is seated, as befits his Godhead, “at the right hand of the Majesty,” and addresses to us this word, as if from a great distance: “If anyone wishes to stand in the presence of this glory, let him imitate, as far as possible, the way and the form of life that I have shown on earth, and follow it.”
Let us contemplate, then, with our inner eyes this great vision: our own nature, now co-existing forever with the immaterial fire of the Godhead. Taking off our “garments of skin,” which we put on after the fall—our earthly and fleshly thoughts—let us stand on holy ground, each of us demonstrating through our virtue and our eagerness for God that our own ground is holy. So we will gain in confidence, dwelling in the light of God; and we shall be filled with light even as we press forward. And we shall share in his eternity, as we are filled with light: to the glory of that brilliance that is utterly single in its power, yet formed of three suns: now and always and for the ages of ages. Amen.
Light on the Mountain: Greek Patristic and Byzantine Homilies on the Transfiguration of the Lord (B. E. Daley, Trans.; Vol. 48, pp. 377–378). St Vladimir’s Seminary Press.
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