A commentary published by VaticanNews on February 27, 2026, under the byline of Jenny Kraska, presents a reflection on the Gospel of the Transfiguration for the Second Sunday of Lent. The article, titled “Mountaintop Moments & Monastery Kitchens,” centers on a thematic dichotomy: the extraordinary, fleeting “mountaintop” experience of divine glory versus the ordinary, hidden “kitchen” of daily life. It uses the 17th-century lay brother Brother Lawrence as its primary lens, praising his “Practice of the Presence of God” and noting that “Pope Leo XIV has given high praise to Brother Lawrence’s little book.” The core message is that the glory of the Transfiguration is to be carried into the mundane, with the command “listen to him” reinterpreted as an call for humble attentiveness in daily tasks. The article completely omits the Transfiguration’s role as a definitive, public revelation of Christ’s divine identity and its function in confirming Apostolic authority, instead reducing it to a template for personal, interior spirituality. This analysis exposes the article’s profound theological bankruptcy, its embodiment of the Modernist errors condemned by St. Pius X, and its service to the neo-church’s project of replacing supernatural Catholic dogma with a naturalistic, human-centered mysticism.