O Wondrous Type!

Petrich, Roger (1938–2022) Show Biography

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Second Sunday of Lent → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Second Sunday of Lent → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Second Sunday of Lent → Cycle C
Proper of Saints → The Transfiguration of the Lord (August 6)

Publication Information:
Oxford University Press — 94.328 (1974)

Text Information:
Reference: Latin hymn, fifteenth century, Anon.; Transl. John Mason Neale (1818–1866)

Lyrics:

O wondrous type, o vision fair
Of glory that the church may share
Which Christ upon the mountain shows
Where brighter than the sun He glows!

With shining face and bright array
Christ deigns to manifest today
What glory shall be theirs above
Who joy in God with perfect love.

And faithful hearts are raised on high,
By this great vision’s mystery
For which in joyful strains we raise
The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise.

O Father with the eternal Son 
And Holy Spirit three in one,
Vouchsafe to bring us by Thy grace
To see Thy glory face to face. Amen.

Notes: SATB with Soprano and Bass divisi.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 17, 2022 Last updated: Dec 13, 2022