Rudolf Otto, in his book The Idea of the Holy, submits that in the presence of the holy we will always have a double reaction: fear and attraction. Like Peter at the Transfiguration, we will want to build a tent and stay there forever; but, like him too before the miraculous catch of fish, we also want to say, Depart from me for I am a sinful man. In the presence of the holy we want to burst forth with praise even as we want to confess our sins.
--Fr. Ron Rolheiser,
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Image source: The Transfiguration, Armenian Gospel (1038), https://jimfriedrich.com/2018/02/10/which-light-do-we-belong-to-a-transfiguration-homily/
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