Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Sunday Within The Octave Of The Ascension.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
"The Paraclete, Whom I will send you from The Father,
The Spirit of Truth, Who proceedeth from The Father.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: René de Cramer.
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Used with Permission.
"Today," says Saint Augustine, "we shall keep The Ascension of Our Lord in a fitting manner, with Devotion, Sanctity, and Piety, if we ascend with Him and keep our hearts on high."
"Let our thoughts be there, where He is, and here on Earth there will be Peace." "Let us ascend with Him, now, with our hearts, and when He promised day comes, we shall follow Him also with our bodies; but we should know that neither Pride, nor Avarice, nor Lust, ascend with Christ.
If we wish to follow Our Healer in His Ascension, we must put off the burden of our vices and sins" (Matins).
This Sunday is a preparation for Pentecost. Before ascending to Heaven, Our Lord had promised, at The Last Supper, that He would not leave us orphans, but would send us His Holy Spirit, The Paraclete (Gospel, Alleluia); that, in all things, we might glorify God, through Jesus Christ Our Lord (Gospel).
Therefore, like The Apostles assembled in The Cenacle, we must prepare by Prayer and Charity (Epistle) for The Holy Day of Pentecost, when Christ, Who is "Our Advocate with The Father" (First Nocturn), will obtain for us from Him The Holy Ghost.
Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Exáudi, Domine.
