Feast of the Transfiguration: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: One day within your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
Psalm 84
Second Antiphon: Light dawns for the just, and joy for the upright of heart.
Psalm 97
Third Antiphon: Prais the Lord, our God; worship him on his holy mountain.
Psalm 99
Verse: He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud.
Resp: They have held fast to his message.
First Reading: 2 Cor 3:7-4:6
Response: We are called God's children, and that is what we are.
Second Reading: From a sermon on the transfiguration of the Lord by Anastasius of Sinai, bishop.
Response: When the disciples saw his glory, they were filled with wonder and fear.
Te Deum
Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) © 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975