First Reading - Acts 1:1-11
In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus
did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving
instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he
had chosen.
He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after
he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and
speaking about the kingdom of God. While meeting with
them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but
to wait for “the promise of the Father about which you have
heard me speak; for John baptized with water, but in a few
days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
When they had gathered together they asked him,
“Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to
Israel?”
He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times
or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit
comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of
the earth.” When he had said this, as they were looking on,
he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going,
suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside
them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there
looking at the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from
you into heaven, will return in the same way as you have seen
him going into heaven. ”
Responsorial Psalm Ps 47
R –God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; a blare of
trumpets for the Lord!
* All you peoples, clap your hands, shout to God with cries
of gladness. For the Lord, the Most High, the Awesome, is the
great king over all the earth. R.
* God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy; the Lord,
amid trumpet blasts. Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing
praise to our king, sing praise. R.
* For king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise.
God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne. R.
Second Reading - Eph 1:17-23
Brothers and sisters:
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation, resulting in
knowledge of him. May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened,
that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his
call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the
greatness of his power for us who believe.
This power working in us is the same as the great might,
which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and
seating him at his right hand in the heavens, far above every
principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name
that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come.
He put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over
all things to the Church, which is his body, the fullness of the
one who fills all things in every way.
Gospel Acclamation
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
Go and teach all nations, says the Lord. I am with
you always, until the end of the world.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Mk 16:15-20
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every
creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved.
Whoever does not believe will be condemned.
These signs will accompany those who believe: in
my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new
languages. They will pick up serpents with their hands, and
if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They
will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken
up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.
But they went forth and preached everywhere, while
the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word
through accompanying signs.
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