Daily Bible Readings
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The Festival of the Ascension of our Lord
Chief Hymn: The Lutheran Hymnal #387Liturgical Color: White
Introit
P: MEN OF || Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into | heav- | en? *
—| Al- | le- | lu- | ia!
P: || This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heav -en, (+) will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into | heav- | en. *
Alleluia! | Al- | le- | lu- | ia! (Acts 1:11b)
P: || Oh, clap your hands, all you | peo- | ples! *
Shout to God with the | voice | of | tri- | umph! (Psalm 47:1)
GLORIA PATRI (From Hymnal; Sung by Congregation)
P: || Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into | heav- | en? * —| Al- | le- | lu- | ia!
P: || This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heav -en, (+) will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into | heav- | en. * Alleluia! | Al- | le- | lu- | ia! (Acts 1:11b)
Psalm Readings
Matins: Psalm 8, Psalm 15, Psalm 21, Psalm 47
Vespers: Psalm 24, Psalm 68, Psalm 148
Collect
Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe Thine Only-Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to have ascended into the heavens, so may we also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with Him continually dwell; Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Old Testament Reading (TLH): Is. 57:15
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First Reading: Acts 1:1-11
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Gradual
P: || Alleluia! Alleluia! God has gone up with a | shout, | - * The Lord with the sound | of | a | trum- | pet.
P: || Alleluia! You have ascended on | high, | - You have led captivity captive. | Al- | le- | lu- | ia! (Psalm 47:5; 68:18a)
Second Reading: Mark 16:14-20
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Devotion from the Lutheran Herald
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.