Liturgical Leaflet for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist

6 August 2023 Transfiguration of Our Lord Year A

PARISH PRIEST’S SUNDAY

JESUS, SON AND SERVANT OF THE FATHER

J esus’ transfiguration on Mount Tabor was a memorable event

not only in his life but also in the lives of the three privileged
disciples: Peter, James, and John. The event was for Jesus a moment
of revelation and glory. It was also an affirming experience for the three dis-
ciples whose faith in Jesus would soon be subjected to a serious test during
his passion and death.
Jesus’ transfiguration should likewise be an affirming experience for all of
us who need to relate to him as the sure source of our salvation and inspiration,
especially in moments of crisis and discouragement. May our participation in
this Eucharist make us share in Jesus’ strength.
Today is John Vianney Sunday or “Parish Priest’s Sunday” – a day devoted
to honor all parish priests, but in a special manner our own parish priest. In
gratitude for their vital service, let us offer this Eucharist for our own parish priest and all those who
exercise this fatherly ministry throughout the world.

Penitential Act All –Christ, have mercy!

P –As we prepare to celebrate P –Lord Jesus, you taught us
the transfiguration of our Lord, that we should love you
let us realize the disfiguring ef- above everything and ev-
Entrance Antiphon fect of sin in our lives and ask
(To be recited only when no erybody else. For the times
the Lord to purify and heal us we have reversed this prior-
Entrance Hymn is sung.) from our sins. (Pause) ity, Lord, have mercy!
In a resplendent cloud the All – Lord, have mercy!
Holy Spirit appeared. The P –Lord Jesus, you taught us
Fatherʼs voice was heard: This that those who welcome P – May almighty God have
is my beloved Son, with whom I their neighbor welcome mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
am well pleased. Listen to him. you. For the times we and bring us to everlasting life.
chose to forget this great All – Amen!
Greeting truth, Lord, have mercy!
P – In the name of the Father, All – Lord, have mercy! Gloria
and of the Son, and of the Holy P –Lord Jesus, you taught us All – Glory to God in the high-
Spirit! that you consider as done est, and on earth peace to people
All – Amen! to yourself what we do to of good will. We praise you,
P –May the peace and grace of our brothers and sisters. we bless you, we adore you, we
our Lord Jesus Christ who res- For the times we have glorify you, we give you thanks
cued us from eternal damnation failed to see and love you for your great glory, Lord God,
be with you all! in them, Christ, have mer- heavenly King, O God, almighty
All – And with your spirit! cy! Father.

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 Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be- convened and the books were Beloved: We did not fol-
gotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of opened. low cleverly devised myths
God, Son of the Father, you take As the visions during the when we made known to you
away the sins of the world, have night continued, I saw one the power and coming of our
mercy on us; you take away the like a Son of man coming on Lord Jesus Christ, but we had
sins of the world, receive our the clouds of heaven; when he been eyewitnesses of his maj-
prayer; you are seated at the right reached the Ancient One and esty. For he received honor
hand of the Father, have mercy was presented before him, and glory from God the Father
on us. For you alone are the Holy the one like a Son of man re- when that unique declaration
One, you alone are the Lord, you ceived dominion, glory, and
came to him from the majes-
kingship; all peoples, nations,
alone are the Most High, Jesus and languages serve him. His tic glory, “This is my Son, my
Christ, with the Holy Spirit, dominion is an everlasting do- beloved, with whom I am well
in the glory of God the Father. minion that shall not be taken pleased.” We ourselves heard
Amen! away, his kingship shall not be this voice come from heaven
destroyed. while we were with him on the
Collect (Opening Prayer) holy mountain. Moreover, we
The Word of the Lord! possess the prophetic message
P –O God, who in the glorious All – Thanks be to God! that is altogether reliable. You
Transfiguration of your Only will do well to be attentive to it,
Begotten Son confirmed the Responsorial Psalm Ps 97 as to a lamp shining in a dark
mysteries of faith by the witness R – The Lord is king, the Most place, until day dawns and
of the Fathers and wonderfully High over all the earth! the morning star rises in your
prefigured our full adoption to hearts.
sonship, grant, we pray, to your
The Word of the Lord!
servants, that, listening to the All – Thanks be to God!
voice of your beloved Son, we
may merit to become co-heirs Gospel Acclamation
with him. Who lives and reigns
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
with you in the unity of the Holy “This is my beloved Son
Spirit, God, for ever and ever. with whom I am well
All–Amen! pleased; listen to him.”
Alleluia! Alleluia!

* The Lord is king; let the Gospel Mt 17:1-9

earth rejoice; let the many The episode of the trans-
1st Reading Dn 7:9-10.13-14 islands be glad. Clouds and figuration gave Peter, James, and
In the passage we are about darkness are round about him, John the much needed enlighten-
to hear, the author describes a justice and judgment are the ment about the identity of Jesus
vision of God’s majesty and the foundation of his throne. R. and his unique mission as the
enthronement of “One like a Son “Servant of the Lord.”
* The mountains melt like
of Man,” the future king of the wax before the Lord, before P –The Lord be with you!
universe whose kingship will last the Lord of all the earth. The All –And with your spirit!
forever. This prophetic vision is heavens proclaim his justice, P –A proclamation from the
used in today’s liturgy to signify all peoples see his glory. R. holy Gospel according to
that Jesus Christ is the glorious Matthew
“Son of Man.” * Because you, O Lord, are All – Glory to you, O Lord!
R – A proclamation from the the Most High over all the Jesus took Peter, James,
Book of the Prophet Daniel earth, exalted far above all and John his brother, and led
gods. R. them up a high mountain by
As I watched: Thrones
were set up and the Ancient themselves. And he was trans-
2nd Reading 2 Pt 1:16-19 figured before them; his face
One took his throne. His cloth- The experience of Jesus’ shone like the sun and his
ing was snow bright, and the transfiguration on Mount Tabor clothes became white as light.
hair on his head as white as never faded from the memory of And behold, Moses and Eli-
wool; his throne was flames the Apostle Peter who had wit- jah appeared to them, convers-
of fire, with wheels of burn- nessed it with James and John. ing with him. Then Peter said
ing fire. A surging stream of Occasionally, he referred to it to Jesus in reply, “Lord, it is
fire flowed out from where in his preaching and writing, good that we are here. If you
he sat; thousands upon thou- as we hear it in today’s Second wish, I will make three tents
sands were ministering to him, Reading. here, one for you, one for Mo-
and myriads upon myriads R – A proclamation from the ses, and one for Elijah.” While
attended him. The court was Second Letter of Peter he was still speaking, behold,

6 August 2023
a bright cloud cast a shadow confess one Baptism for the P –Lord God, grant that we
over them, then from the cloud forgiveness of sins and I look may gladly listen to the teaching
came a voice that said, “This is forward to the resurrection of of Your transfigured Son and
my beloved Son, with whom I the dead and the life of the world put it into practice, that we may
am well pleased; listen to him.” to come. Amen! come to rejoice in his presence in
When the disciples heard this, the Kingdom of Light where he
they fell prostrate and were Prayer of the Faithful lives and reigns forever and ever.
very much afraid. But Jesus All –Amen!
came and touched them, saying, P –Jesus was transfigured
“Rise, and do not be afraid.” while he was praying. Mind-
And when the disciples raised ful of the power of prayer, let us
their eyes, they saw no one else confidently address our petitions
but Jesus alone. to the Source of all blessings say-
As they were coming down ing:
Preparation of the Gifts
from the mountain, Jesus All – Merciful God, hear us!
charged them, “Do not tell the P –Pray, brethren . . .
vision to anyone until the Son C –For the Universal Church: All – May the Lord accept the
of Man has been raised from May the exemplary behavior of sacrifice at your hands, for the
the dead.” its members be a source of inspi- praise and glory of his name,
ration and enlightenment to the for our good and the good of all
The Gospel of the Lord! rest of mankind. Let us pray! R. his holy Church.
All – Praise to you, Lord Jesus
Christ! C –For the Holy Father and all
our religious leaders: May they Prayer over the Offerings
Homily succeed in their efforts to incul- P –Sanctify, O Lord, we pray,
cate love for prayer and obedi- these offerings here made to cel-
Profession of Faith ence to the teaching of the Gos- ebrate the glorious Transfigura-
(Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed) pel. Let us pray! R. tion of your Only Begotten Son,
All –I believe in one God, the Fa- C –For the terminally sick who and by his radiant splendor,
ther almighty, maker of heaven are tempted to despair: May they cleanse us from the stains of sin.
and earth, of all things visible find in the transfiguration of Through Christ our Lord.
and invisible. Jesus the encouragement and All – Amen!
I believe in one Lord Jesus the strength they need to prepare
Christ, the Only Begotten Son Preface
themselves for their final en-
of God, born of the Father be- of the Transfiguration
counter with him. Let us pray!
fore all ages. God from God, R. P –The Lord be with you!
Light from Light, true God from
C –For the youth who feel that All –And with your spirit!
true God, begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father; their parents and teachers do not P –Lift up your hearts!
through him all things were understand them: May they find All – We lift them up to the Lord!
made. For us men and for our the solution to their relational P –Let us give thanks to the
salvation he came down from problems in the teaching and Lord our God!
heaven, (bow)* and by the Holy example of Jesus. Let us pray! R. All –It is right and just!
Spirit was incarnate of the Vir- P – It is truly right and just,
C – For our parish priest, (name), our duty and our salvation, al-
gin Mary, and became man.* his assistant(s) and the other
For our sake he was crucified ways and everywhere to give
priests who exercise their min- you thanks, Lord, holy Father, al-
under Pontius Pilate, he suf- istry in our parish: May the Lord
fered death and was buried, and mighty and eternal God, through
reward them for the generosity Christ our Lord.
rose again on the third day in with which they look after our
accordance with the Scriptures. For he revealed his glory in
spiritual needs by breaking for us the presence of chosen witnesses
He ascended into heaven and is the supernatural bread of God’s and filled with the greatest splen-
seated at the right hand of the Word, the Eucharist, and all the dor that bodily form which he
Father. He will come again in other sacraments. Let us pray! R. shares with all humanity, that
glory to judge the living and the the scandal of the Cross might
dead and his kingdom will have C –For our community: May
we all respond with gratitude be removed from the heart of his
no end. disciples and that he might show
I believe in the Holy Spirit, and generous cooperation to the
priestly ministry of our parish how in the Body of the whole
the Lord, the giver of life, who Church is to be fulfilled what so
proceeds from the Father and priest and his assistants, and wonderfully shone forth first in
the Son, who with the Father may we be for them a source of its Head.
and the Son is adored and glori- consolation at all times. Let us And so, with the Powers of
fied, who has spoken through pray! R. heaven, we worship you con-
the prophets. C –Let us pray in silence for our stantly on earth, and before your
I believe in one, holy, cath- personal intentions. (Pause) majesty without end we acclaim:
olic and apostolic Church. I Let us pray! R. All –Holy, holy, holy Lord, God

Transfiguration of Our Lord (A)

of hosts. Heaven and earth are grant us peace.
full of your glory. Hosanna in
the highest! Communion
Blessed is he who comes in P –This is the Lord Jesus who
the name of the Lord. Hosanna was transfigured in front of his P –The Lord be with you.
in the highest! disciples. He is the Lamb of God All – And with your spirit!
who takes away the sins of the
Memorial Acclamation world. Blessed are those called P –Bow your heads and pray
to the Supper of the Lamb. for God’s blessing. (Pause)
P –The mystery of faith! All –Lord, I am not worthy – May almighty God make
All –We proclaim your Death, that you should enter under you always aware of His
O Lord, and profess your my roof, but only say the word saving wisdom!
Resurrection until you and my soul shall be healed.
come again! All – Amen!
Communion Antiphon P –May He strengthen your
(To be recited only when no faith with His love, so that
Communion Hymn is sung.) you will persevere in good
works!
When Christ appears, we All – Amen!
All – Our Father . . . shall be like him, for we shall
P –Deliver us, Lord . . . see him as he is. P –May He direct your steps
All –For the kingdom, the to Himself, that you may
power, and the glory are Prayer after Communion share in His light for ever!
yours, now and forever. P –May the heavenly nourish- All – Amen!
ment we have received, O Lord, P –May almighty God bless
Sign of Peace we pray, transform us into the you: the Father, and the
likeness of your Son, whose radi- Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Breaking of the Bread ant splendor you willed to make All – Amen!
All – Lamb of God, you take manifest in his glorious Trans-
away the sins of the world: have figuration. P –Go in peace to love and
mercy on us. (2x) Who lives and reigns for ever serve the Lord.
Lamb of God, you take and ever. All – Thanks be to God!
away the sins of the world: All – Amen!

THE TRANSFIGURATION AS REVELATION

AND ENCOURAGEMENT
by Jess P. Balon

T he transfiguration of Jesus in front of his

disciples on Mount Tabor revealed to
them who he really was – God’s Son and
That “message” was addressed not
only to the three disciples who soon would
have their faith tested at seeing their Teacher
the promised Messiah. Such a wonderful arrested, brutalized and killed, but also to
reality had remained hidden for so many us, whose faith may be even weaker than
years under a layer of “ordinariness” that that of Peter, James and John. It tells us that
had brought everybody to conclude that no matter how bad things may look, Jesus will
Jesus was just a “good man” who eventually overcome every difficulty because he is the
had become a fascinating storyteller and a very Son of God. It also tells us that God’s
faith healer. love for us is greater than all our problems
The dazzling brightness radiating from and will eventually lead us to brighter days
Jesus’ person and the “voice from the and, actually, to eternal salvation.
cloud” that called him “Son” and “Be- Jesus’ transfiguration tells us that
loved” proclaimed that Jesus was indeed in each of us, too, there is a “core” of
the Servant/Messiah who was fulfilling divinity and greatness that is waiting
the prophecies and promises of old. He to be revealed. That “core of divinity” was
was no less than God’s beloved Son who implanted in us at our baptism when we
had come with a message of salvation that became God’s adopted children. It has to
would give meaning and direction to the be brought to the light of day and shine in
entire human family – a “message” to be all its splendor as we endeavor to remove
heeded by everybody. from ourselves the layers of selfishness,
materialism, sensuality, pride, and ag- As we undergo this “transformation,” we
gressiveness that our own sins and the will become ever more similar to our inspir-
sins of others has heaped on us. ing pattern, Jesus our Savior.

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