Liturgy Planning
The Ascension of the Lord
Liturgy Planning
The Ascension of the Lord
May 12, 2024
Year B - Lectionary [58]
First Reading
Jesus was lifted up while they looked on | Acts 1:1-11
In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. When he had been at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised. ‘It is’ he had said ‘what you have heard me speak about: John baptised with water but you, not many days from now, will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’
Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come? Are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.’
As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white were standing near them and they said, ‘Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky? Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, this same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have seen him go there.’
Responsorial
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast. or Alleluia! | Psalm 46(47):2-3, 6-9
All peoples, clap your hands,
cry to God with shouts of joy!
For the Lord, the Most High, we must fear,
great king over all the earth.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
or
Alleluia!
God goes up with shouts of joy;
the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
Sing praise for God, sing praise,
sing praise to our king, sing praise.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
or
Alleluia!
God is king of all the earth,
sing praise with all your skill.
God is king over the nations;
God reigns on his holy throne.
God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
or
Alleluia!
Second Reading
We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God | Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13
I, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into one and the same hope when you were called. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all.
Each one of us, however, has been given his own share of grace, given as Christ allotted it. To some, his gift was that they should be apostles; to some, prophets; to some, evangelists; to some, pastors and teachers; so that the saints together make a unity in the work of service, building up the body of Christ. In this way we are all to come to unity in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God, until we become the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Go, make disciples of all the nations.
I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.
Alleluia!
Matthew 28:19-20
Gospel
Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News | Mark 16:15-20
Jesus showed himself to the Eleven and said to them:
‘Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; he who does not believe will be condemned. These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast out devils; they will have the gift of tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.’
And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven: there at the right hand of God he took his place, while they, going out, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it.
Psalms
Psalm 47: God Mounts His Throne
Composer: Haugen, Marty
Publisher: GIA
Psalm 72: Every Nation on Earth
Composer: Joncas, Michael
Publisher: GIA
Psalm 98: All the Ends of the Earth (Haugen)
Composer: Haas, David / Haugen, Marty / Kodner, Diana
Publisher: GIA
Hymns & Songs
All You Nations
Composer: Deiss, Lucien
Text: Psalm 66
Publisher: WLP
All the Earth Proclaim the Lord
Composer: Deiss, Lucien
Text: Psalm 100
Publisher: WLP
Alleluia, Sing to Jesus
Text: Dix, William C.
Glory and Praise to Our God
Composer: Schutte, Dan
Text: Schutte, Dan
Publisher: OCP
Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
Text: Wesley, Charles
In Christ There Is No East or West
Text: Oxenham, John
Isaiah 12: 2-3, 4, 6
Composer: Haugen, Marty
Text: Haugen, Marty
Publisher: GIA
Sing With All the Saints in Glory
Text: Irons, William J.
Though the Mountains May Fall
Composer: Schutte, Dan
Text: Schutte, Dan
Publisher: OCP
We Walk by Faith
Composer: Haugen, Marty
Text: Alford, Henry
Publisher: GIA