Much brighter than a thousand suns, the source of life, eternal grace; light of the cosmos and this world now shining from a saviour's face. Upon the mountain's towering height they saw transfiguration's light. This man, this Jesus, they had known, who called them once by Galilee, now stood upon the mountaintop, he seemed exalted, shining, free. Disciples caught in stark surprise had shielded dazzled, blinded eyes. Free of the bonds of human life and distanced by some greater power, a strange yet mystic harmony joined earth and heaven in this hour. It seemed that God was very near, inspiring awe, dispelling fear. The height of love, the depth of grace, the dazzling birth of something new, a supernova magnified, a stunning, startling, shining view, for God affirmed Christ's human worth illuminating all the earth.