A.D. 2011 March 6

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 A

Moses enters the cloud of God’s glory — Exodus 24:12–18
The one begotten of God — Psalm 2 or Worship upon God’s holy hill — Psalm 99
Shining with the glory of God — II Peter 1:16–21
Christ revealed as God’s beloved Son — Matthew 17:1–9

Liturgical Colors

Green

The Ninth Sunday After the Epiphany

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

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year A

Keeping the words of God — Deuteronomy 11:18–21, 26–28
I commit my spirit — Psalm 31:1–5, 19–24
Justified by God’s grace as a gift — Romans 1:16–17; 3:22b–31 or 1:16–17; 3:22b–28
The teaching of Christ: doing the works of God — Matthew 7:21–29

Liturgical Colors

Green