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Why some Catholics bless fruit, and eat pie, on the Transfiguration

A Pillar Explainer

Michelle La Rosa
Aug 06, 2021
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August 6 marks the Feast of the Transfiguration, commemorating the moment when Christ’s divine glory was revealed before his disciples Peter, James, and John.

The event is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Jesus takes his closest disciples up to the top of a mountain, where he is transfigured in dazzling glory. Moses and Elijah appear n…

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