"Oh, Wondrous Image, Vision Fair" | Transfiguration of Our Lord

ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // The first stanza sings of a strange glory. It is one we “share” as the Church - but a glory we have a difficult time describing or explaining! Instead, we share in the glory of a Savior who speaks that we might listen - he will rise from the dead for our sake.

Stanza 2 // The contrast in this short stanza is more than a retelling of Scriptural events. Instead, this places Christ above all those who came before - both those who gave the Law and spoke as prophets. The Lord [who can have casual conversation with such dignitaries] is the beloved Son of God.

Stanza 3 // If we wonder what purpose the Transfiguration of Our Lord serves each year, it is to know the indescribable glory God has prepared for us in Christ! Jesus “deigns” - that is, stoops down and comes to us today - that we might know His promise of “joy...in [the] perfect love of God.”

Stanza 4 // Perhaps this stanza is a commentary on our worship of Almighty God. Sometimes, whether musician, pastor, or Sunday school teacher, we can feel a need to have all the answers, when God knows we struggle to find the proper words! We see this in Peter’s babbling about dwellings, when Christ has much more important work to accomplish. Instead, this stanza acknowledges the mystery of this story - and we respond in song.

Stanza 5 // These words of prayer are sung in the light of those who live knowing the Lord as One who was raised from the dead. The glory we sing of in this stanza is not that we would experience the Transfiguration again, but that God would grant us to see the glory of Christ risen for our salvation.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 316 - Oh, Wondrous Image, Vision Fair // ᴅᴇᴏ ɢʀᴀᴄɪᴀꜱ

ELW 308 - O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright! - ᴡɪᴇ ꜱᴄʜöɴ ʟᴇᴜᴄʜᴛᴇᴛ
ELW 315 - How Good, Lord, to Be Here! - ᴘᴏᴛꜱᴅᴀᴍ

ELW 317 - Jesus on the Mountain Peak - ʙᴇᴛʜᴏʟᴅ
ELW 318 - Alleluia, Song of Gladness - ᴘʀᴀɪꜱᴇ, ᴍʏ ꜱᴏᴜʟ
ELW 553 - Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies - ʀᴀᴛɪꜱʙᴏɴ
ELW 631 - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - ʜʏꜰʀʏᴅᴏʟ

ELW 838 - Beautiful Savior - ꜱᴄʜöɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇʀʀ ᴊᴇꜱᴜ
LBW 76 - O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright! - ᴡɪᴇ ꜱᴄʜöɴ ʟᴇᴜᴄʜᴛᴇᴛ
LBW 80 - O Wondrous Type! Oh, Vision Fair - ᴅᴇᴏ ɢʀᴀᴄɪᴀꜱ
LBW 89 - How Good, Lord, to Be Here! - ᴘᴏᴛꜱᴅᴀᴍ
LBW 265 - Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies - ʀᴀᴛɪꜱʙᴏɴ
LBW 315 - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - ʜʏꜰʀʏᴅᴏʟ
LBW 518 - Beautiful Savior - ꜱᴄʜöɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇʀʀ ᴊᴇꜱᴜ
LSB 395 - O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright! - ᴡɪᴇ ꜱᴄʜöɴ ʟᴇᴜᴄʜᴛᴇᴛ
LSB 414 - ‘Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here - ᴘᴏᴛꜱᴅᴀᴍ
LSB 415 - Jesus on the Mountain Peak - ꜱᴇᴡᴀʀᴅ
LSB 416 - Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory - ʟᴏᴠᴇ’ꜱ ʟɪɢʜᴛ
LSB 417 - Alleluia, Song of Gladness - ʟᴀᴜᴅᴀ ᴀɴɪᴍᴀ
LSB 537 - Beautiful Savior - ꜱᴄʜöɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇʀʀ ᴊᴇꜱᴜ
LSB 700 - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - ʜʏꜰʀʏᴅᴏʟ
LSB 873 - Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies - ʀᴀᴛɪꜱʙᴏɴ
RH 14 - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - ʜʏꜰʀʏᴅᴏʟ
RH 129 - O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright! - ᴡɪᴇ ꜱᴄʜöɴ ʟᴇᴜᴄʜᴛᴇᴛ
RH 164 - Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies - ʀᴀᴛɪꜱʙᴏɴ
RH 252 - Beautiful Savior - ꜱᴄʜöɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇʀʀ ᴊᴇꜱᴜ