O God, make speed to save us. O Lord, make haste to help us.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy Immortal One. Have mercy on us (3x)
Hymn ’Tis good, Lord, to be here,
Thy glory fills the night;
Thy face and garments, like the sun,
Shine with unborrowed light.
’Tis good, Lord, to be here,
Thy beauty to behold
Where Moses and Elijah stand,
Thy messengers of old.
Fulfiller of the past,
Promise of things to be,
We hail Thy body glorified
And our redemption see.
Before we taste of death,
We see Thy kingdom come;
We fain would hold the vision bright
And make this hill our home.
The Psalter
Ant. 1: Jesus took his disciples and went up to the mountain, where he was transfigured before them, alleluia.
Psalm 113
Laudate, pueri 1 Praise the Lord,
O sing praises, you that are his servants :
O praise the name of the Lord.
2 Let the name of the Lord be blessed :
from this time forward and for ever.
3 From the rising of the sun to its going down :
let the name of the Lord be praised.
4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations :
and his glory is above the heavens.
5 Who can be likened to the Lord our God :
in heaven or upon the earth,
6 Who has his dwelling so high :
yet condescends to look on things beneath?
7 He raises the lowly from the dust :
and lifts the poor from out of the dungheap;
8 He gives them a place among the princes :
even among the princes of his people.
9 He causes the barren woman to keep house :
and makes her a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord.
Ant. 1: Jesus took his disciples and went up to the mountain, where he was transfigured before them, alleluia.
Ant. 2: Lord, how good it is for us to be here: if you wish, Let us build three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah, alleluia.
Psalm 110 Dixit Dominus
1 The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, *
until I make your enemies your footstool."
2 The LORD will send the scepter of your power out of Zion, *
saying, "Rule over your enemies round about you.
3 Princely state has been yours from the day of your birth; *
in the beauty of holiness have I begotten you,
like dew from the womb of the morning."
4 The LORD has sworn and he will not recant: *
"You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek."
5 The Lord who is at your right hand
will smite kings in the day of his wrath; *
he will rule over the nations.
6 He will heap high the corpses; *
he will smash heads over the wide earth.
7 He will drink from the brook beside the road; *
therefore he will lift high his head.
Ant. 2: Lord, how good it is for us to be here: if you wish, Let us build three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah, alleluia.
Ant. 3: Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them and began talking with Jesus.
Psalm 117 Laudate Domi 1 Praise the LORD, all you nations; *
laud him, all you peoples.
2 For his loving-kindness toward us is great, * and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever.
Hallelujah!
Ant. 3: Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them and began talking with Jesus.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
First Reading
1 Kings 19:1-12
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors." Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat." He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel of the LORD came a second time, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you." He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" He answered, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away." He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by." Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.
Canticle Benedictus es, Domine
Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; *
you are worthy of praise; glory to you.
Glory to you for the radiance of you holy Name; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you in the splendor of your temple; *
on the throne of your majesty, glory to you.
Glory to you, seated between the Cherubim; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you, beholding the depths; *
in the high vault of heaven, glory to you.
Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Second Reading
2 Corinthians 3:1-9,18
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all; and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses' face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside, how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, much more does the ministry of justification abound in glory!
And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
Second Canticle Magnificat
Antiphon: Christ Jesus, + the reflection of the Father's splendor and the image of his being, / showed himself in glory on the mountain, alleluia.
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed: *
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him *
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm, *
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things, *
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
The promise he made to our fathers, *
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Antiphon: Christ Jesus, + the reflection of the Father's splendor and the image of his being, / showed himself in glory on the mountain, alleluia.
Collect O God, who on the holy mount revealed to chosen witnesses your well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured: Mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the anxiety of this world, may by faith behold the King in his beauty; who with you, O Father, and you, O Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Intercessions
In the presence of his disciples our Savior was wonderfully transfigured on Mount Tabor. Let us pray to him with confidence: R: Lord, in your light may we see light.
O Christ, before your passion and death you revealed your resurrection to your disciples on Mount Tabor; we pray for your church which labors amid the cares and anxieties of this world,
- that in its trials may it always be transfigured by the joy of your victory. (R.)
O Christ, you took Peter, James and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves; we pray for all bishops, priest and deacons,
- that they may inspire in your people the hope of being transfigured at the last day. (R.)
O Christ, you gave light to the world when the glory of the Creator arose over you,
- we pray for people of good will that they may walk in your light. (R.)
O Christ, you will reform our lowly body and make it like your glorious one,
- we pray for our brothers and sister who have died that they may share in your glory for ever. (R.)
Our Father…
Closing Prayer God our Father, in the transfigured glory of Christ your Son, you strengthen our faith by confirming the witness of your prophets, and show us the splendor of your beloved sons and daughters: as we listen to the voice of your Son, help us to become heirs of eternal life with him, who lives and reigns with the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.