VIGIL OF THE ASCENSION
SAINT PASCHAL BAYLON
Confessor
WHITE/2 CL.
The third day of the Rogation days is the Vigil of the Ascension. In churches where the Procession of the Rogations is not made, the following Mass is celebrated.
Introit
Isa. 48:20.
Declare the word of
joy, and let it be heard, alleluia: declare it even to the ends of the
earth; the Lord has delivered His people: alleluia, alleluia.
Ps. 65:1-2.
Shout joyfully to God, all you on earth, sing praise to the glory of His name; proclaim His glorious praise.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Declare the word of
joy, and let it be heard, alleluia: declare it even to the ends of the
earth; the Lord has delivered His people: alleluia, alleluia.
COLLECT
O God, the source of all good, grant us Your inspiration that we may have proper thoughts, and Your guidance that we may carry them into practice. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT PASCHAL BAYLONUntil the age of 20, Paschal (1540-92) tended flocks on the hills of Aragon. He then became a Franciscan Brother and spent the rest of his years mainly as doorkeeper in various friaries of Spain. All through his life he was animated with a burning love for the Holy Eucharist, a love so intense that it enabled him to speak triumphantly to heretics about the most obscure mysteries of the Faith. Pope Leo XIII declared him patron of all Eucharistic confraternities and congresses.
O God, who didst adorn blessed Paschal Thy Confessor with a wonderful love for the holy Mysteries of Thy Body and Blood: mercifully grant that we too may be worthy to receive the rich spiritual graces which he received from this divine banquet; who lives and rules with God the Father . . .
Lesson
Lesson from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians
Eph. 4:7-13.
Brethren: To each one of us grace was given according to the measure of
Christ’s bestowal. Thus it says, Ascending on high, He led away
captives; He gave gifts to men. Now this, He ascended, what does it mean
but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He
Who descended, He it is Who ascended also above all the heavens, that He
might fill all things. And He Himself gave some men as apostles, and
some as prophets, others again as evangelists, and others as pastors and
teachers, in order to perfect the saints for a work of ministry, for
building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the
faith and of the deep knowledge of the Son of God, to perfect manhood,
to the mature measure of the fullness of Christ.
Alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia.
V. Christ is risen, and has shone upon us, whom He redeemed with His Blood. Alleluia.
John 16:28
V. I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world. Again I leave the world, and go to the Father. Alleluia.
GOSPEL
John 17:1-11.
At that time, raising His eyes to heaven, Jesus said, Father, the hour
has come! Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You, even as You
have given Him power over all flesh, in order that to all You have given
Him He may give everlasting life. Now this is everlasting life, that
they may know You, the only true God, and Him Whom You have sent, Jesus
Christ. I have glorified You on earth; I have accomplished the work that
You have given Me to do. And now You, Father, glorify Me with Yourself,
with the glory that I had with You before the world existed. I have
manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world.
They were Yours, and You have given them to Me, and they have kept Your
word. Now they have learnt that whatever You have given Me is from You;
because the words that You have given Me I have given to them. And they
have received them, and have known of a truth that I came forth from
You, and they have believed that You did send Me. I pray for them; not
for the world do I pray, but for those whom You have given Me, because
they are Yours; and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are
Mine; and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but
these are in the world, and I am coming to You.
Offertory
Ps 65:8-9, 20
Bless the Lord our God, you peoples, loudly sound His praise; He has
given life to my soul, and has not let my feet slip. Blessed be the
Lord, Who refused me not my prayer, or His kindness. Alleluia.
Secret
Accept, O Lord, the prayers and gifts of Your faithful people, that,
through these rites of love and devotion we may pass to the glory of
heaven.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord . . .
In memory of Thy Saints, O Lord, we offer Thee the sacrifice of praise, by which we trust to be freed from both present and future evils. Through our Lord . . .
Communion
Ps. 95:2.
Sing to the Lord, alleluia; sing to the Lord; bless His name; announce His salvation day after day, alleluia, alleluia.
POSTCOMMUNION
Grant that we, who have been fed at Your heavenly banquet, O Lord, may desire only what is right and that we may fulfill these holy desires. Through our Lord . . .
Commemoration of SAINT PASCHAL
Refreshed by meat and drink from heaven, O God, we humbly entreat Thee,
that we may be protected by the prayers of him whose memory we have
partaken. Through our Lord . . .
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