Thursday, May 05,
2016
ASCENSION OF THE LORD
– Year C
08:00 pm Multilingual Mass
First Reading
ACTS OF 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 1:17-23
17 May the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and
perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him.
18 May he enlighten the
eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, how
rich is the glory of the heritage he offers among his holy people,
19 and how
extraordinarily great is the power that he has exercised for us believers; this
accords with the strength of his power
20 at work in Christ,
the power which he exercised in raising him from the dead and enthroning him at
his right hand, in heaven,
21 far above every
principality, ruling force, power or sovereignty, or any other name that can be
named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.
22 He has put all things
under his feet, and made him, as he is above all things, the head of the
Church;
23 which is his Body,
the fullness of him who is filled, all in all.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
LUKE 24:46-53
46 and he said to them,
'So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from
the dead,
47 and that, in his
name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all nations,
beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses to
this.
49 'And now I am sending
upon you what the Father has promised. Stay in the city, then, until you are
clothed with the power from on high.'
50 Then he took them out
as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and raising his hands he blessed them.
51 Now as he blessed
them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven.
52 They worshipped him
and then went back to Jerusalem full of joy;
53 and they were
continually in the Temple praising God.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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