What Does ‘Yellowjackets’ Finale Title “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi” Mean?

User charlottellyn mentioned the Latin phrase’s historical origins, too, discussing its relation to papal coronations. “On each occasion, a papal master of ceremonies would fall to his knees before the pope, holding a silver or brass reed, bearing a tow of smoldering flax. For three times in succession, as the cloth burned away, he would say in a loud and mournful voice, ‘Pater Sancte, sic transit gloria mundi!’ (‘Holy Father, so passes worldly glory!’),” they wrote.