Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ - First Vespers

          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.