De mysterio Transfigurationis.
On the Mystery of the Transfiguration.
Vere dignum et iustum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus: per Christum Dóminum nostrum.
It is verily right and just, good and fitting, that we give thee thanks evermore and everywhere: Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.
Qui coram eléctis téstibus suam glóriam revelávit, et commúnem illam cum céteris córporis formam máximo splendóre perfúdit, ut de córdibus discipulórum crucis scándalum tollerétur, et in totíus Ecclésiæ córpore declaráret impléndum quod eius mirabíliter præfúlsit in cápite.
He revealed His glory before the chosen witnesses, and, in the greatest splendor, He imbued this ordinary form with the rest of the body, so that the scandal of the cross might be erased from the hearts of the disciples, and so that it might be proclaimed throughout the whole body of the Church that what had been so wonderfully foreshadowed in His Head was about to be fulfilled.
Et ídeo cum cælórum Virtútibus in terris te iúgiter celebrámus, maiestáti tuæ sine fine clamántes:
And so, together with the heavenly virtues, we ceaselessly give thee glory here on earth, proclaiming Thy majesty without ceasing:
