Ascension

Clap your hands, all you peoples;

acclaim God with shouts of joy.

For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared;

he is a great king all over the earth.

God ascends amid joyful shouts,

the Lord amid trumpet blasts.

Sing praises to God, sing praises!

Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

God is king of all the earth;

sing to him a hymn of praise.

For God now rules over the nations,

God reigns from his holy throne.

2nd. READING (Eph 1,17-23)

May the God of Christ Jesus our Lord, the Father of Glory, reveal himself to you and

give you a spirit of wisdom, that you may know him. May he enlighten your inner

vision that you may appreciate the things we hope for, since we were called by God.

May you know how great is the inheritance, the glory, God sets apart for his saints;

may you understand with what extraordinary power he acts in favour of us who

believe. He revealed his almighty power in Christ when he raised him from the dead

and had him sit at his right hand in heaven, far above all rule, power, authority,

dominion, or any other supernatural force that could be named, not only in this world

but in the world to come as well. Thus has God put all things under the feet of Christ

and set him above all things, as head of the Church, which is his body. He who fills all

in all unfolds his fullness in the Church.

GOSPEL (Mt 28,16-20)

As for the Eleven disciples, they went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told

them to go. When they saw Jesus, they bowed before him, although some doubted.

Then Jesus approached them and said, "I have been given all authority in heaven and

on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples from all nations. Baptize them in the Name

of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to fulfil all that I

have commanded you. I am with you always until the end of this world."