Thursday, May 14,
2015
ASCENSION OF THE LORD
– Year B
08:00 pm Multilingual Mass
First Reading
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
1:1-11
1 In my earlier work,
Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the
beginning
2 until the day he gave
his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was
taken up to heaven.
3 He had shown himself
alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued
to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God.
4 While at table with
them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the
Father had promised. 'It is', he had said, 'what you have heard me speak about:
5 John baptised with
water but, not many days from now, you are going to be baptised with the Holy
Spirit.'
6 Now having met
together, they asked him, 'Lord, has the time come for you to restore the
kingdom to Israel?'
7 He replied, 'It is
not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own
authority,
8 but you will receive
the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and then you will be my
witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed
to earth's remotest end.'
9 As he said this he
was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.
10 They were still
staring into the sky as he went, when suddenly two men in white were standing
beside them,
11 and they said, 'Why
are you Galileans standing here looking into the sky? This Jesus who has been
taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way as you have seen
him go to heaven.'
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 47: 2-3, 6-7, 8-9
2 For Yahweh, the Most
High, is glorious, the great king over all the earth.
3 He brings peoples
under our yoke and nations under our feet.
6 Let the music sound
for our God, let it sound, let the music sound for our king, let it sound.
7 For he is king of the
whole world; learn the music, let it sound for God!
8 God reigns over the
nations, seated on his holy throne.
9 The leaders of the
nations rally to the people of the God of Abraham. The shields of the earth
belong to God, who is exalted on high.
Second Reading
EPHESIANS 4:1-13
1 I, the prisoner in
the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you
were called.
2 With all humility and
gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love.
3 Take every care to
preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together.
4 There is one Body,
one Spirit, just as one hope is the goal of your calling by God.
5 There is one Lord,
one faith, one baptism,
6 and one God and
Father of all, over all, through all and within all.
7 On each one of us
God's favour has been bestowed in whatever way Christ allotted it.
8 That is why it says:
He went up to the heights, took captives, he gave gifts to humanity.
9 When it says, 'he
went up', it must mean that he had gone down to the deepest levels of the
earth.
10 The one who went down
is none other than the one who went up above all the heavens to fill all
things.
11 And to some, his
'gift' was that they should be apostles; to some prophets; to some,
evangelists; to some, pastors and teachers;
12 to knit God's holy people
together for the work of service to build up the Body of Christ,
13 until we all reach
unity in faith and knowledge of the Son of God and form the perfect Man, fully
mature with the fullness of Christ himself.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MARK 16:15-20
15 And he said to them,
'Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation.
16 Whoever believes and
is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
17 These are the signs
that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast out devils;
they will have the gift of tongues;
18 they will pick up
snakes in their hands and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they
will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.'
19 And so the Lord Jesus,
after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven; there at the right hand
of God he took his place,
20 while they, going
out, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by
the signs that accompanied it.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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