The Transfiguration of the Lord
Feast · White · 6 August
In August
About this day
On a high mountain Jesus was transfigured in glory before Peter, James, and John, as Moses and Elijah spoke with him and the Father's voice declared him his beloved Son. Pope Callistus III placed the feast on the Roman calendar in 1457.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Fri 6 Aug 2027 — Year B · I
- Fri 6 Aug 2027
Music
Mass
- Organ Propers, Book 19: Aug 15 – Assumption to Sep 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross (English & Latin) (Organ) [19. 2000-2108 Aug 6-Nov 1] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 1 to Nov 02 – All Souls – Propers (English, Latin & Spanish) (Organ) [complete] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
Divine Office: Vespers (Evening Prayer)
- Aug 06 – Transfiguration of the Lord – Vespers [Transfiguration Vesp.] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “In a resplendent cloud the Holy…” Cf. Mt 17: 5
- Communion — Roman Missal “When Christ appears, we shall be…” Cf. 1 Jn 3: 2
- Introit — Simple English Propers “MYheart declared to you: Your countenance…” Ps 27 (26): 8, 9
- Offertory — Simple English Propers “YOU have crowned him with glory…” Ps 8: 6, 7
- Communion — Simple English Propers “TEll no one about the vision…” Mt 17: 9