Transfiguration of our
Lord Jesus Christ
FIRST VESPERS
Ant. Jesus took Peter, * and
James, and John his brother, and brought them up into an high mountain apart
and was transfigured before them.
Psalm 109
109:1 The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou
at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.
109:2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre
of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
109:3 With thee is the principality in the
day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the
day star I begot thee.
109:4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not
repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
109:5 The Lord at thy right hand hath
broken kings in the day of his wrath.
109:6 He shall judge among nations, he
shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many.
109:7 He shall drink of the torrent in the
way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
Ant. Jesus
took Peter, * and James, and John his brother, and brought them up into an high
mountain apart and was transfigured before them.
Ant. His Face did shine as the sun, * and His raiment
exceeding white as snow. Alleluia.
Psalm 110
110:1 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my
whole heart; in the council of the just, and in the congregation.
110:2 Great are the works of the Lord:
sought out according to all his wills.
110:3 His work is praise and magnificence:
and his justice continueth for ever and ever.
110:4 He hath made a remembrance of his
wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord: He hath given food to them
that fear him.
110:5 He will be mindful for ever of his
covenant: He will shew forth to his people the power of his works.
110:6 That he may give them the
inheritance of the Gentiles: the works of his hands are truth and judgment.
110:7 All his commandments are faithful:
confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity.
110:8 He hath sent redemption to his
people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever.
110:9 (bow head) Holy
and terrible is his name: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
110:10 A good understanding to all that do
it: his praise continueth for ever and ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
Ant. His
Face did shine as the sun, * and His raiment exceeding white as snow. Alleluia.
Ant. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and
Elias, * talking with Jesus.
Psalm 111
111:1 Blessed is the man that feareth the
Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.
111:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth:
the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.
111:3 Glory and wealth shall be in his
house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.
111:4 To the righteous a light is risen up
in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.
111:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth
mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment: Because he shall not
be moved for ever.
111:6 The just shall be in everlasting
remembrance: he shall not fear the evil hearing.
111:7 His heart is ready to hope in the
Lord: His heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look over his
enemies.
111:8 He hath distributed, he hath given
to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted
in glory.
111:9 The wicked shall see, and shall be
angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked
shall perish.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and
to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Ant. And,
behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias, * talking with Jesus.
Ant. Then
answered Peter, * and said unto Jesus Lord, it is good for us to be here.
Psalm 112
112:1 Praise the Lord, ye children: praise
ye the name of the Lord.
112:2 (bow head) Blessed
be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
112:3 From the rising of the sun unto the
going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.
112:4 The Lord is high above all nations;
and his glory above the heavens.
112:5 Who is as the Lord our God, who
dwelleth on high: and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
112:6 Raising up the needy from the earth,
and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:
112:7 That he may place him with princes,
with the princes of his people.
112:8 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell
in a house, the joyful mother of children.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
Ant. Then answered Peter, * and said unto Jesus
Lord, it is good for us to be here.
Ant. While he yet spake, * behold, a bright
cloud overshadowed them.
Psalm 116
116:1 O Praise the Lord, all ye nations:
praise him, all ye people.
116:2 For his mercy is confirmed upon us:
and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
Ant. While he yet spake, * behold, a bright
cloud overshadowed them.
Chapter
Phil 3:20-21
We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus
Christ Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His
glorious Body.
R. Thanks
be to God.
Hymn
All ye who would the
Christ descry,
Lift up your eyes to
him on high:
There mortal gaze
hath strength to see
The token of his
majesty.
A wondrous sign we
there behold,
That knows not death
nor groweth old,
Sublime, most high,
that cannot fade,
That was ere earth
and heaven were made.
Here is the King the
gentiles fear,
The Jews' most mighty
King is here
Promised to Abraham
of yore,
And to his seed
forevermore.
'Tis he the prophets'
words foretold,
And by their signs
shown forth of old;
The Father's witness
hath ordained
That we should hear
with faith unfeigned.
Jesu, to thee our
praise we pay,
To little ones
revealed today,
With Father and blest
Spirit One
Until the ages'
course is done.
Amen.
V. Thou
wast manifested in thy glory in the Presence of the Lord.
R. Therefore
the Lord hath clothed thee with majesty.
Magnificat Antiphon
Ant. Christ
Jesus, being the Brightness * of the Father's glory, and the express Image of
His Person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He was
about purging our sins, was pleased, as on this day, to manifest forth His
glory upon an high mountain.
Our
Lady’s Canticle
1:46. My soul doth
magnify the Lord.
1:47. And my spirit hath
rejoiced in God my Saviour.
1:48. Because he hath
regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations
shall call me blessed.
1:49. Because he that is
mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is his name.
1:50. And his mercy is
from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.
1:51. He hath shewed
might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
1:52. He hath put down
the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble.
1:53. He hath filled the
hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.
1:54. He hath received
Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy.
1:55. As he spoke to our
fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
Ant. Christ
Jesus, being the Brightness * of the Father's glory, and the express Image of
His Person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He was
about purging our sins, was pleased, as on this day, to manifest forth His
glory upon an high mountain.
Let us pray
O God, Who, in the glorious
Transfiguration of thine Only Begotten Son didst attest the mysteries of the
Faith by the witness of the Fathers, and didst wonderfully signify by a voice
out of a bright cloud, the adoption of sons, mercifully grant unto us to be
made co-heirs with the very King of glory, and bestow upon us a partaking of
His glory.
Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son Our
Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God,
world without end. Amen.