The Destiny of the Beloved: Baptism, Transfiguration, Adoption, and Assumption

Fr. Paul Wheatley
Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church
The destiny of a human life, given over to God’s purposes, united with Christ, and adopted into his family is glory. The church commemorates the glorious entrance into heaven of the Virgin as a reflection of the glory of Christ that was revealed in his Transfiguration, manifest in his Resurrection and Ascension, and will be at last given to those who have been united with his divine Sonship through baptism.