A.D. 2008 May 1

Ascension Day

Felipe Gil de Mena, Elijah Taken up into the Air in a Chariot of Fire, 17th century, National Sculpture Museum, Valladolid, Spain.

Collects

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 continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

Lessons

Epistles and Gospels

Revised Table of Lessons (1922)

Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer

Liturgical Colours

White or Gold

References

Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles and Martyrs

Collects

O almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life; that, following the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lessons

Epistles and Gospels

Revised Table of Lessons (1922)

Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer

Liturgical Colours

Red

References