The Ascension Day
by CCW | 29 May 2025 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):
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[2]
The Gospel: St. Mark 16:14-20[3]
[4]Artwork: Ludovico Carracci, Ascension, 1597. Oil on canvas, Chiesa di Santa Cristina[5], Bologna.
Endnotes:
- The Book of Common Prayer: https://prayerbook.ca/bcp-online/propers/#ascension
- Acts 1:1-11: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%201:1-11;&version=ESVUK;
- St. Mark 16:14-20: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2016:14-20;&version=ESVUK;
- [Image]: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CarracciL_Ascension.jpg
- Chiesa di Santa Cristina: https://www.bolognawelcome.com/en/places/religious-buildings/chiesa-di-santa-cristina-2
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