The Roman Missal: Ascension Day to Ember Saturday in Whitsun Week (English) 2

1[Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension.]

2Introit. Ps. xxvi. Hear, O Lord, my voice with which I have cried to thee, alleluia: my heart hath said to thee, I have sought thy face, thy face, O Lord, I will seek; turn not away thy face from me, alleluia, alleluia. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Glory, &c.

3Prayer. Omnipotens. O Almighty and everlasting God, grant us ever to entertain a devout affection towards thee, and to serve thy majesty with a sincere heart. Through our Lord, &c.

4[Commemoration of the Ascension, Concede, as above.]

5Epistle. 1 St Peter iv. 7—11. Dearly beloved, be prudent, and watch in prayers: But before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves; for charity covereth a multitude of sins. Using hospitality one towards another without murmuring. As every man hath received grace, ministering the same one to another; as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the words of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the power, which God administereth; that in all things God may be honoured through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

6Alleluia, alleluia.—The Lord hath reigned over all the nations; God sitteth on his holy throne. Alleluia.—I will not leave you orphans; I go and I come to you, and your heart shall rejoice. Alleluia.

7Gospel. St John xv. 26; xvi. 4. At that time, Jesus said to his disciples, When the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me: and you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning. These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized. They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth a service to God. And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these things I have told you, that, when the hour shall come, you may remember that I told you.

8[Credo.]

9Offertory. God is ascended with jubilee; and the Lord with the sound of trumpet, alleluia.

10Secret. May the unspotted sacrifice purify us, O Lord, and grant to our minds the vigour of supernatural grace. Through our Lord, &c.

11[Secret of the Ascension as above.]

12Communion. Father, while I was with them, I kept them whom thou gavest me, alleluia; but now I come to thee; I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil, alleluia, alleluia.

13Postcom. Repleti. Being replenished, O Lord, with sacred gifts, grant us, we beseech thee, ever to remain in thanksgiving. Through our Lord, &c.

14[Postcommunion of the Ascension, Præsta, as above.]