The Ascension Day

by CCW | 18 May 2023 01:00

The collect for today, The Ascension Day, being the fortieth day after Easter, sometimes called Holy Thursday, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

Limbourg Brothers, The Ascension[2]GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continuously dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Lesson: Acts 1:1-11[3]
The Gospel: St. Mark 16:14-20[4]

Artwork: Limbourg Brothers, The Ascension (from the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry[5]), c. 1416. Illumination, Musée Condé, Chantilly.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#ascension
  2. [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/LimbourgBros_Ascension.jpg
  3. Acts 1:1-11: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:1-11;&version=ESVUK;
  4. St. Mark 16:14-20: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2016:14-20;&version=ESVUK;
  5. Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Très_Riches_Heures_du_Duc_de_Berry

Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2023/05/18/the-ascension-day-14/