Greater Double – White
INTROIT Acts 1.11.
Ye men of Galilee, why wonder you, looking up to heaven, alleluia. He shall so come as you have seen him going up into heaven, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. 44.2. O clap your hands, all ye nations; shout unto God, with the voice of exultation. V.: Glory be.
COLLECT
Grant, we beseech thee, almighty God: that we, who believe thine only-begotten Son, our Redeemer, to have ascended on this day into heaven, may also ourselves dwell in mind amid heavenly things. Through.
| O God, who didst vouchsafe by the zeal of blessed Boniface, thy Martyr and Bishop, to call a mulitude of peoples to the knowledge of thy Name: grant, in thy mercy, that as we keep his solemn feast so we may also enjoy his protection. Through. |
Of Saint Mary and Against the Persecutors of the Church
EPISTLE Acts 1. 1-11
The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach, until the day on which, giving commandments by the Holy Ghost to the Apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up: to whom also he showed himself alive after his Passion by many proofs, for forty days appearing to them and speaking of the Kingdom of God. And eating together with them, he commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but should wait for the promise of the Father, which you have heard (saith he) by my mouth; for John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. They therefore who were come together asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom of Israel? But he said to them: It is not for you to know the times or moments which the Father hath put in his own power: but you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold two men stood by them in white garments, who also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? This Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come as you have seen him going into heaven.
Alleluia, alleluia. V.: Ps. 46. 6. God is ascended with a shout, and the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Alleluia. V.: Ps. 67.18. The Lord is in Sinai, in the holy place; ascending on high he hath led captivity captive.
+ The Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Mark (16.14-20)
At that time Jesus appeared to the eleven as they were at table: and he upbraided them with their incredulity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe them who had seen him after he was risen again. And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my Name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they shall recover. And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was taken up into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God. But they going forth preached everywhere, the Lord working withal, and confirming the word with signs that followed.
The Creed is said.
¶ After the Gospel of the principal mass on this day, the Paschal candle, a symbol of the risen Christ, is extinguished. It is not lighted again, except for the blessing of the baptismal font, on the Vigil of Pentecost.
OFFERTORY Ps. 46. 6
God is ascended with a shout, and the Lord with the sound of a trumpet, alleluia.
SECRET
Accept, O Lord, the gifts we offer up to thee, for the glorious Ascension of thy Son: and mercifully grant that we may be freed from present perils and attain unto everlasting life. Through.
Commemoration: Saint Boniface
| May thine abundant blessing come down upon these offerings, we beseech thee, O Lord; may that blessing by thy mercy work out our sanctification, and make us rejoice in the solemn feast of holy Boniface, thy Martyr and Bishop. Through. |
SEASONAL COLLECTS
COMMUNICANTES
In communion with, and in honor of this most holy day on which thine only-begotten Son our Lord set at the right hand of thy glory the substance of our frail human nature, which he had taken to himself; and in worshipful remembrance of the glorious Mary, ever Virgin, Mother of the same our God and Lord Jesus Christ: and also of thy blessed Apostles and Martyrs, Peter Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thaddeus; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xystus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian; and of all thy Saints; by whose merits and prayers grant thou that in all things we may be defended with the help of thy protection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Or else in Latin:
Communicantes, et diem sacratissimum celebrantes, quo Dominus noster, unigenitus Filius tuus, unitam sibi fragilitatis nostrae substantiam in gloriae tuae dextera collocavit: sed et memoriam venerantes, in primis gloriosae semper Virginis Mariae, Genetricis eiusdem Dei et Domini nostri Iesu Christi: sed et beati Ioseph, eiusdem Virginis Sponsi, et beatorum Apostolorum ac Martyrum tuorum, Petri et Pauli, Andreae, Iacobi, Ioannis, Thomae, Iacobi, Philippi, Bartholomaei, Matthaei, Simonis et Thaddai: Lini, Cleti, Clementis, Xysti, Cornelii, Cypriani, Laurentii, Chrysogoni, Ioannis et Pauli, Cosmae et Damiani: et omnium Sanctorum tuorum; quorum meritis precibusque concedas, ut in omnibus protectionis tuae muniamur auxilio. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
COMMUNION Ps. 67. 33, 34
Sing ye to the Lord, who mounteth above the heaven of heavens to the East, alleluia.
POSTCOMMUNION
Grant to us, we beseech thee, almighty and merciful God, that we may obtain the invisible effects of that which we have shared by communion in visible Mysteries. Through.
Commemoration: Saint Boniface
| We who are sanctified by these saving mysteries beseech thee, O Lord, that the loving prayer of Saint Boniface, thy Martyr and Bishop, may not fail us, to whom thou hast given him for advocate and guide. Through. |
SEASONAL COLLECTS
Of Saint Mary and Against the Persecutors of the Church
¶ The Seasonal Collects as given for Low Sunday are said throughout the Octave of the Ascension, except on Sunday during the Octave.
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