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Year C. ( 13/5/10=Ascension Thursday )
The Ascension of the Lord
Reading 1
In
the first book, Theophilus,
I dealt with all that Jesus
did and taught
until the day he was taken
up,
after giving instructions
through the Holy Spirit
to the apostles whom he had
chosen.
He presented himself alive to
them
by many proofs after he had
suffered,
appearing to them during
forty days
and speaking about the
kingdom of God.
While meeting with them,
he enjoined them not to
depart from Jerusalem,
but to wait for “the promise
of the Father
about which you have heard me
speak;
for John baptized with water,
but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
When
they had gathered together they asked him,
“Lord, are you at this time
going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He answered them, “It is not
for you to know the times or seasons
that the Father has
established by his own authority.
But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,
and you will be my witnesses
in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the
earth.”
When he had said this, as
they were looking on,
he was lifted up, and a cloud
took him from their sight.
While they were looking
intently at the sky as he was going,
suddenly two men dressed in white
garments stood beside them.
They said, “Men of Galilee,
why are you standing there
looking at the sky?
This Jesus who has been taken
up from you into heaven
will return in the same way
as you have seen him going into heaven.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (6) God mounts
his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
All you peoples, clap your
hands,
shout to God with cries of
gladness,
For the LORD, the Most High,
the awesome,
is the great king over all
the earth.
R. God mounts his throne
to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
God mounts his throne amid
shouts of joy;
the LORD, amid trumpet
blasts.
Sing praise to God, sing
praise;
sing praise to our king, sing
praise.
R. God mounts his throne
to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
For king of all the earth is
God;
sing hymns of praise.
God reigns over the nations,
God sits upon his holy
throne.
R. God mounts his throne
to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Eph 1:17-23 or
Heb 9:24-28;
10:19-23
Reading 2
Brothers and sisters:
May the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory,
give you a Spirit of wisdom
and revelation
resulting in knowledge of
him.
May the eyes of your hearts
be enlightened,
that you may know what is the
hope that belongs to his call,
what are the riches of glory
in his inheritance among the
holy ones,
and what is the surpassing
greatness of his power
for us who believe,
in accord with the exercise
of his great might:
which he worked in Christ,
raising him from the dead
and seating him at his right
hand in the heavens,
far above every principality,
authority, power, and dominion,
and every name that is named
not only in this age but also
in the one to come.
And he put all things beneath
his feet
and gave him as head over all
things to the church,
which is his body,
the fullness of the one who
fills all things in every way.
or
Christ did not enter into a
sanctuary made by hands,
a copy of the true one, but
heaven itself,
that he might now appear
before God on our behalf.
Not that he might offer
himself repeatedly,
as the high priest enters
each year into the sanctuary
with blood that is not his
own;
if that were so, he would
have had to suffer repeatedly
from the foundation of the
world.
But now once for all he has
appeared at the end of the ages
to take away sin by his
sacrifice.
Just as it is appointed that
men and women die once,
and after this the judgment,
so also Christ,
offered once to take away the
sins of many,
will appear a second time,
not to take away sin
but to bring salvation to
those who eagerly await him.
Therefore, brothers and
sisters, since through the blood of Jesus
we have confidence of
entrance into the sanctuary
by the new and living way he
opened for us through the veil,
that is, his flesh,
and since we have Aa great
priest over the house of God, “
let us approach with a
sincere heart and in absolute trust,
with our hearts sprinkled
clean from an evil conscience
and our bodies washed in pure
water.
Let us hold unwaveringly to
our confession that gives us hope,
for he who made the promise
is trustworthy.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Thus it is written that the
Christ would suffer
and rise from the dead on the
third day
and that repentance, for the
forgiveness of sins,
would be preached in his name
to all the nations, beginning
from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these
things.
And behold I am sending the
promise of my Father upon you;
but stay in the city
until you are clothed with
power from on high.”
Then he led them out as far
as Bethany,
raised his hands, and blessed
them.
As he blessed them he parted
from them
and was taken up to heaven.
They did him homage
and then returned to
Jerusalem with great joy,
and they were continually in the temple
praising God.
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