It was as Jesus was praying that He was transfigured. Prayer always transfigures. When we pray we go into the very presence of God, and that should brighten our life. Prayer lifts up our thoughts and feelings from earthly to heavenly things, and that should make our face shine. True prayer brings our will into submission to God’s will, for we cannot pray truly until we say, “Thy will, not mine, be done.” Thus it brings quiet peace into the heart, and this transfigures the life. Prayer also drives out all bitter and unloving thoughts, for we cannot pray unless we forgive and love. This, too, has a transfiguring influence.