Sunday, May 20, 2012
The Ascension of the Lord (Solemnity)
The Ascension of the Lord (Solemnity)
FIRST READING
Acts 1: 1 –
11
1 In the first book, O The-oph'ilus, I have
dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until
the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy
Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 To them he presented
himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty
days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying with them
he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of
the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me, 5 for
John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the
Holy Spirit." 6 So when they had come together, they asked
him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7
He
said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father
has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in
Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama'ria and to the end of the earth." 9
And
when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud
took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing
into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11
and
said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus,
who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him
go into heaven."
PSALM RESPONSES
Psalms 47: 2 -
3, 6 – 9
2 For the LORD, the Most High, is terrible, a
great king over all the earth. 3 He subdued peoples under us,
and nations under our feet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing
praises to our King, sing praises! 7 For God is the king of all
the earth; sing praises with a psalm! 8 God reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne. 9 The princes of the peoples gather as the
people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is
highly exalted!
SECOND READING
Ephesians 1: 17
– 23
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the
knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened,
that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the
riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and
what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe, according to
the working of his great might 20 which he accomplished in
Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in
the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power
and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also
in that which is to come; 22 and he has put all things under his feet
and has made him the head over all things for the church, 23 which
is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all.
GOSPEL
Mark 16: 15 - 20
15
And he said to
them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
16 He
who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned. 17 And
these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out
demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink
any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick,
and they will recover." 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken
to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20
And they went
forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed
the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
I
see in my neighbor the Person of Jesus Christ.
- St. Gerard Majella
The Holy Bible
Jesus is God
The Holy Spirit
Primacy of Peter & Papacy
Mother Mary
