After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified. Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them; then from the cloud came a voice, This is my beloved Son. Listen to him. Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them. -The 4th Luminous Mystery

Canonization cause advancing for Bl. Kateri

Montreal, Apr. 17, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Catholic News Agency reports that the cause for canonization of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha is ready for submission to the Vatican.

Msgr. Paul Lenz, the postulator for the cause, told CNA that his presentation is prepared. Blessed Kateri, the daughter of a Mohawk Indian father and an Algonquin mother, was born in 1656 in what is now New York, near the current site of the Shrine of the North American martyrs. Rejected by her own tribe because of her devotion, she died in Canada at the age of 24.

Devotion to the woman who became known as "the Lily of the Mohawk" spread quickly in North America after her death. In 1980 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II (bio - news), becoming the first Native American ever to receive that honor. Her feast day is April 17.

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