A.D. 1959 February 8

The Last Sunday After the Epiphany (Transfiguration Sunday)

Ivan Rutkovych, Transfiguration, c. 1697–c. 1699, National Museum of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.

This occasion may be celebrated in churches where the last Sunday after the Epiphany is observed as Transfiguration Sunday.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year C

Moses’ face shone — Exodus 34:29–35
Worship upon God’s holy hill — Psalm 99
We will be transformed — II Corinthians 3:12–4:2
Jesus is transfigured on the mountain — Luke 9:28–43a or 9:28–36

Liturgical Colors

Green

The Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany

Jan Frans van Geel and Jan Baptist van Hool, The Calling of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew, c. 1828–c. 1830, Saint Andrew’s Church, Antwerp.

This occasion may be celebrated in churches who do not observe the last Sunday after the Epiphany as Transfiguration.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year C

Send me — Isaiah 6 or 6:1–8
I will bow toward your holy temple — Psalm 138
I am the least of the apostles — I Corinthians 15:1–11
Jesus calls the disciples to fish for people — Luke 5:1–11

Liturgical Colors

Green