Vigil of Ascension Thursday
Vetus OrdoVigil of the Ascension — May 5, 2027, May 24, 2028
Deus, cuius Filus hodie in caelos, Apostolis astantibus, ascendit, concede nobis, quaesumus, ut secundum eius promissionem et ille nobiscum semper in terris et nos cum eo in caelo vivere mereamur.O God, whose Son today ascended into the heavens as the Apostles were standing close by, grant us, we beseech You, that, according to His promise, we may be worthy both that He lives with us on earth, and that we live with Him in heaven. When the Second Person took up our human nature into an indestructible bond with His divinity, indestructible, we were thereby destined to sit at God’s right hand, first in Christ and then on our own. Christ makes us worthy, no one else. Christ alone. It’s all His. And because it’s His, it’s ours.
Here is an excerpt from the WDTPRS article in the print version, which ought to be either inthe mail or in your mail boxes by now. …(I)n some places the Feast of the Ascension, which falls always on a Thursday, has been transferred to this Sunday. That would make it “Ascension Thursday Sunday”, I suppose. In addition, the third edition…