The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (A)
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<Entrance>
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
◎ Amen.
�<Greeting>
+ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
◎ And with your spirit.
<Penitential Act>
+ Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
+ I confess to almighty God
◎ and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault, therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
+ May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
◎ Amen.
<Collect>
＋ Grant, O Lord,
�Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
◎ Amen.
�[Please be seated]
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11
In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While meeting with the them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father about which you have heard me speak; for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” When they had gathered together they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He answered them, “It is not for you to know
the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”
The word of the Lord. ◎ Thanks be to God.
◎ God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
○ All you peoples, clap your hands, shout to God with cries of gladness, For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome, is the great king over all the earth.
○ God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy; the LORD, amid trumpet blasts. Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise.
○ For king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise. God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne.
A Reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians 1:17-23
Brothers and sisters: May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of him. May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe, in accord with the exercise of his great might, which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens, far above every principality,
authority, power, and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
The word of the Lord. ◎ Thanks be to God.
Sequence - Stabat Mater (Victimae paschali laudes)
Christians, to the Paschal Victim
Offer your thankful praises!
A Lamb the sheep redeems;
Christ, who only is sinless,
Reconciles sinners to the Father.
Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:
The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.
Speak, Mary, declaring
What you saw, wayfaring.
“The tomb of Christ, who is living,
The glory of Jesus’ resurrection;
bright angels attesting,
The shroud and napkin resting.
Yes, Christ my hope is arisen;
to Galilee he goes before you.”
Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining.
Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!
Amen. Alleluia.
[Please Stand]
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
○ Go and teach all nations, says the Lord;
I am with you always, until the end of the world.
GOSPEL (복음)
+ The Lord be with you.
○ And with your spirit.
+ A reading from the holy Gospel according to ...
○ Glory to you, O Lord.
+ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 28:16-20
The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
+ The Gospel of the Lord. ◎ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
<Profession of Faith>- Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
<The Universal Prayer> ◎ Lord, hear our prayers.
+ With confidence we place our petitions before God who hears the prayers of our hearts.
1. That the church continues to seek out the charisms of service in its members, we pray to the Lord. ◎
2. That the leaders and citizens of every country work patiently for lasting peace, we pray to the Lord. ◎
3. That the unemployed and the underemployed know the compassion of God as they search for gainful work and move toward independence, we pray to the Lord. ◎
4. That families, friends, neighbors and all present here share the love of Jesus with one another, we pray to the Lord. ◎
+ Father of heaven and earth, your Son Christ Jesus sits at your right hand in glory. Fill us with your eucharistic love and send us forth to discover your life in others. Hear and grant our prayers through Christ our Lord. ◎ Amen.
Liturgy of the Eucharist
+ Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
�◎ May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.
�<Prayer over the Offerings>
+ Grant us, …
Through Christ our Lord.
◎ Amen.
�
Eucharistic Prayer
+ The Lord be with you.
◎ And with your spirit.
+ Lift up your hearts.
◎ We lift them up to the Lord.
+ Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
◎ It is right and just.
<Preface>
+ It is truly just and right, … as with one voice we acclaim:
＋ You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness. Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his Passion, he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
In similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
＋ The mystery of faith.
+ Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and Resurrection… through your Son, Jesus Christ.
+ Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, forever and ever.
＋ At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:
+ Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
+ Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you; look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever.
◎ Amen
+ The peace of the Lord be with you always.
◎ And with your spirit.
+ Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
◎ Peace be with you.
+ Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
◎ Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
Communion Antiphon
Behold , I am with you always, even to the end of the age, alleluia.
Silence after Communion
Silence after Communion
POTLUCK GATHERING
When: Pentecost Sunday
May 24, after Mass
Where: Cafeteria on Ground Floor
<ANNOUNCEMENT>
<ANNOUNCEMENT>
<Blessing>
+ The Lord be with you.
◎ And with your spirit.
+ May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
◎ Amen.
�<Dismissal>
+ The Mass is ended, go announce the Gospel of the Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia.
◎ Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia.
[GLORY]
The Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.