Fullness of Truth Conference:@ St. Francis in Grapevine, TX

The Fullness of Truth is a lay apostolate which puts on conferences throughout the United States. A few months after my return to the Church, Stacey and I attended a FOT conference in Arlington, TX. We got to hear Tim Staples, Doug Berry, Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio and Father Corapi. Scott Hahn has also recently spoken at another local FOT conference.

This February conference will take place in the Ft. Worth Diocese and will have Mike Aquilina (who recently co-authored Dion the Wanderer Talks Truth), Marshall Taylor (who shared a guest post with Joe Catholic) and Father Bill Casey who often appears on EWTN. The emcee will be Matthew Warner who writes for the National Catholic Register. I regularly share his humorous blog posts on Twitter.

Joe Catholics interested in attending can go to the FOT website for more information.

Feast of the Transfiguration

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord. The account of the transfiguration is documented in the gospels of Matthew (17:1-6), Mark (9:1-9) and Luke (9:28-36). According to EWTN and the Catholic Encyclopedia it marks the "culminating point of his public life." The three apostles who join him on the mountain - Peter, James and John - are also the same three who are present on the night he is taken in the garden.

The Transfiguration is the Fourth Luminous Mystery of the Rosary. Blessed John Paul II, who instituted the new mysteries, wrote that the transfiguration is an event which "strengthens the faith in the disciples' hearts, prepares them for the tragedy of the Cross and prefigures the glory of the Resurrection."

To learn more about the Transfiguration:

Insight Scoop The Ignatius Press Blog: The Transfiguration: Gospel to the Dead

Canterbury Tales by Marshall Taylor: The Metamorphosis of Jesus Christ

EWTN: Transfiguration

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