Catholic Culture has several versions to use. Today marks the beginning of the Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit, honoring the original novena (9 days of prayer) of the Apostles and Mary, awaiting the promised coming of the Paraclete. If transferred to Sunday, today is observed as the Optional Memorial of St. In the United States, the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia have retained the celebration of the Solemnity of the Ascension on the proper Thursday while all other provinces have transferred this solemnity to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 21.
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» Enjoy our Liturgical Seasons series of e-books! Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. John I: O God, who reward faithful souls and who have consecrated this day by the martyrdom of Pope Saint John the First, graciously hear the prayers of your people and grant that we, who venerate his merits, may imitate his constancy in the faith. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.Īscension Thursday: Gladden us with holy joys, almighty God, and make us rejoice with devout thanksgiving, for the Ascension of Christ your Son is our exaltation, and, where the Head has gone before in glory, the Body is called to follow in hope. Vigil for the Ascension: O God, whose Son today ascended to the heavens as the Apostles looked on, grant, we pray, that, in accordance with his promise, we may be worthy for him to live with us always on earth, and we with him in heaven. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter: O God, who made your people partakers in your redemption, grant, we pray, that we may perpetually render thanks for the Resurrection of the Lord. 4 Esdr 2:35: Perpetual light will shine on your Saints, O Lord, and life without end for ever, alleluia.Ĭommunion Antiphon, Jn 12:24: Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat but if it dies, it produces much fruit, alleluia.
Ps 68 (67): 8-9, 20: O God, when you went forth before your people, marching with them and living among them, the earth trembled, heavens poured down rain, alleluia.Įntrance Antiphon, Cf. Mass Propers for Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter:Įntrance Antiphon, Cf. I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord I will come back to you, and your hearts will rejoice. 28:20: Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age, alleluia. Sing together the unending hymn of your glory as they acclaim:Ĭommunion Antiphon, Mt. Where he, our Head and Founder, has gone before.Įvery land, every people exults in your praiseĪnd even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic hosts, He ascended, not to distance himself from our lowly stateīut that we, his members, might be confident of following
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God. Preface I of the Ascension of the Lord: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,Īlways and everywhere to give you thanks, John 14:18: I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord I will come back to you, and your hearts will rejoice. Mass Propers for the Solemnity of the Ascension:Įntrance Antiphon, Acts 1:11: Men of Galilee, why gaze in wonder at the heavens? This Jesus whom you saw ascending into heaven will return as you saw him go, alleluia.Īlleluia Verse, Cf.
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