The collect for today, Sunday After Ascension Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
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 comfortless; 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 and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle: 1 St. Peter 4:7-11
The Gospel: St. John 15:26-16:4a
Artwork: Valentin de Boulogne, The Last Supper, 1625-26. Oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome.