favour POSTCOMMUNION. WE beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thy most gracious may ever further our hearty desires and as in our tribulation we have received Thy gifts, grant us to in crease in love of Thee to our great comfort. Through. Rogation Tuesday. The Mass Salus Populi may be said to-day. See Masses for divers occasions and memorials. Vigil of the Ascension. INTROIT. Omnes gentes. CLAP your hands together, all ye people O sing unto God with the voice of melody, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. xlvii. 1. PSALM. He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet (v. 3). Glory. O clap. COLLECT. : GRANT, we beseech Thee, almighty God that the earnest desire of our hearts may ever tend, whither Thine Only-begotten Son our Lord, the glorious Author of the solemn day now at hand, hath already entered in; that so by a holy conversation we may at length attain unto that place unto which we do now by faith reach forward. Through the same. LESSON. Acts iv. 32. THE multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the Apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold. And laid them down at the Apostles' feet, and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. Alleluia. V. O clap your hands together, all ye people: O sing unto God with the voice of melody. xlvii. 1. Ps. GOSPEL. St. John xvii. 1. THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: Father, the hour is come: glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee: as Thou all flesh, that He should hast given Him power over give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him. And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ. Whom Thou hast sent. I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which | have seen Him go into heaI had with Thee before the ven, alleluia. Acts i. 11. world was. I have maniSECRET. fested Thy Name unto the men which Thou gavest Me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me: and they have kept Thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of Thee. For I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send Me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me for they are Thine. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee. OFFERTORY. Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus Which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come: in like manner as ye O Lord, we Thy humble servants bring our Sacrifice before Thee in honour of the worshipful Ascension of Thy Son, whereunto we have now come: grant, we beseech Thee; that through Him, we may by this most holy Communion arise to heavenly places. Who liveth. COMMUNION. Father, while I was with them in the world I kept those that Thou gavest Me, alleluia: and now I come to Thee: I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world: but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil, alleluia, alleluia. St. John xvii. 12. POSTCOMMUNION. The Ascension of Our Lord. INTROIT. Viri Galilæi. ing assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of Me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of Him, saying: Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And He said unto them: It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power. But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto Me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven, as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven. Alleluia, alleluia. V. God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the trump, alleluia. . Christ ascending up on high: led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men, alleluia. Ps. xlvii. 5. GOSPEL. St. Mark xvi. 14. JESUS appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen Him after He was risen. And He said unto them: Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe In My Name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following. The Creed. When the Gospel has been read, the Paschal Candle is put out; and is not again lighted. OFFERTORY. God is gone up with a merry noise: and the Lord with the sound of the trump, alleluia. Ps. xlvii. 5. SECRET. PROPER PREFACE, page 69. POSTCOMMUNION. GR Thee, almighty and merciful God: that those things which we have received in these visible Mysteries, we may also obtain in inward and invisible effect. Through. ¶ During the Octave, the Sunday after Ascension one to another, as good stew Bay. INTROIT. Exaudi, Domine. HEARKEN unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto Thee, alleluia: my heart hath talked of Thee, Seek ye My face, Thy face, Lord, will I seek: Ó hide not Thou Thy face from me, alleluia, alleluia. Ps. xxvii. 8. PSALM. The Lord is my light, and my salvation : whom then shall I fear? (v. 1). Glory. Hearken. COLLECT. O GOD the King of glory, Who hast exalted Thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto Thy kingdom in heaven: we beseech Thee, leave us not comfort less; but send to us Thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before. Who liveth. ards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, minion for ever and ever. to Whom be praise and do Amen. Lord reigneth over the heaAlleluia, alleluia. V. The then God sitteth upon His holy seat, alleluia. V. I will not leave you comfortless: I go, and I will come again to you, and your heart shall rejoice, alleluia. Ps. xlvii. 8; St. John xiv. 18. GOSPEL. St. John xv. 26, and part of Chapter xvi. WHEN the Comforter is send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, Which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. And ye also shall bear come, Whom I will ¶ Commemoration of the As- witness, because ye have been cension. EPISTLE. I St. Peter iv. 7. THE end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same with Me from the beginning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me. But these things have I told you, that, when the time shall come, |