The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Christ Jesus, * the brightness of the Father, and the express image of his person, who upholdeth all things by the word of his power, while he was by himself purging away our sins, vouchsafed on this day to shew himself in glory upon an high mountain.

℣.Glorious didst thou appear in the sight of the Lord.

℟.Because the Lord hath clothed thee with majesty.

And behold a voice * out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him, alleluia.

℣.A crown of gold is upon his head.

℟.A visible sign of holiness, glory, and honour.

And when the disciples heard it, * they fell on their face, and were sore afraid: and Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid, alleluia.

O God, who in the glorious Transfiguration of thine only-begotten Son didst confirm the mysteries of the faith by the testimony of the fathers, and in the voice which came down from the bright cloud didst marvellously foreshew the perfect adoption of sons: vouchsafe in thy mercy to make us coheirs with this glorious King, and grant that we may be partakers of his glory. Through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.

℟.Amen.