INTROIT
Psalms 138: 18, 5, 6
Ye men of Galilee, why wonder you, looking up to heaven?
alleluia. He shall so come as you have seen Him going up into heaven,
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. -- (Ps. 44. 2). O clap your hands,
all ye nations; shout unto God, with the voice of exultation. V.: Glory
to the Father . . . -- Ye men of Galilee, why wonder you .
COLLECT
- Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God: that
we, who believe Thine only-begotten Son, our Redeemer, to have ascended
on this day into heaven, may also ourselves dwell in mind amid heavenly
things. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and
reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost . . .
EPISTLE
Acts 1: 1-11 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus
began to do and to teach, until the day on which, giving commandments by
the Holy Ghost to the Apostles whom He had chosen, He was taken up: to
whom also He showed Himself alive after His Passion by many proofs, for
forty days appearing to them and speaking of the Kingom of God. And
eating together with them, He commanded them that they should not depart
from Jerusalem, but should wait for the promise of the Father, which you
have heard (saith He) by My mouth; for John indeed baptized with water,
but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. They
therefore who were come together asked Him, saying: Lord, wilt Thou at
this time restore again the kingdom of Israel? But He said to them: It
is not for you to know the times or moments which the Father hath put in
His own power: but you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming
upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto Me in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth. And when
He had said these things, while they looked on, He was raised up: and a
cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they were beholding Him
going up to heaven, behold two men stood by them in white garments, who
also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? This
Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come as you have
seen Him going into heaven.
GRADUAL
Psalms 46: 6 Alleluia, alleluia. V.: God is ascended with a
shout, and the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Alleluia. V.: (Ps.
67. 18). The Lord is in Sinai, in the holy place; ascending on high He
hath led captivity captive.
GOSPEL
Mark 16: 14-20
At that time Jesus appeared to the eleven as
they were at table: and He upbraided them with their incredulity and
hardness of heart, because they did not believe them who had seen Him
after He was risen again. And He said to them: Go ye into the whole
world and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved: but he that beleiveth not shall be condemned.
And these signs shall follow them that believe: In My Name they shall
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up
serpents; and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt
them; they shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they shall recover.
And the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken unto them, was taken up into
heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God. But they going forth
preached everywhere, the Lord working withal, and confirming the word
with signs that followed.
OFFERTORY
Psalms 46: 6
God is ascended with a shout, and the Lord with the sound of a trumpet,
alleluia.
SECRET
- Accept, O Lord, the gifts we offer up to
Thee, for the glorious Ascension of Thy Son: and mercifully grant that
we may be freed from present perils and attain unto everlasting life.
Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth
with Thee in the unity . . .
PREFACE (Preface for Ascension)
- It it truly meet and just,
right and for our salvation, that we should at all times, and in all
places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting
God: through Christ our Lord. Who, after His Resurrection, appeared
openly to all His disciples, and, while they looked on, was taken up
into heaven, that He might grant unto us to be sharers in His own
divinity. And therefore, with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and
Dominations, and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we sing the
hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying:
Special Form of Communicnates (Ascension)
- Communicating, and keeping this most holy day on which Thine
only-begotten Son our Lord set at the right hand of Thy glory the
substance of our frail human nature, which He had taken to Himself; and
also reverencing the memory, first, of the glorious Mary, ever Virgin,
Mother of the same our God and Lord Jesus Christ: as also . . .
COMMUNION Psalms 67: 33, 34
Sing ye to the Lord, who mounteth above the heaven of heavens to the
East, alleluia.
POST COMMUNION - Grant to us,
we beseech Thee, almighty and merciful God, that we may obtain the
invisible effects of that which we have shared by communion in visible
Mysteries. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and
reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost . . .
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