Collect · May 14, 2026 · Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World
WDTPRS: Ascension Thursday – Hope informs our trials
Vetus OrdoAscension of Our Lord — May 6, 2027, May 25, 2028
Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut, qui hodierna die Unigenitum tuum Redemptorem nostrum ad caelos ascendisse credimus; ipsi quoque mente in caelestibus habitemus.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Grant, we beseech You, Almighty God, that we, who believe Your Only Begotten Son our Redeemer to have ascended on this day to heaven, may ourselves also dwell in mind amongst heavenly things.
Let’s have a look at the Collect for the Mass of the Lord’s Ascension… on this THURSDAY. Our hard working Lewis & Short Dictionary can have a little rest today, I think. There is nothing especially noteworthy in the vocabulary. Let us therefore move on to a straight-forward…