Collect · May 5, 2016 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS Ascension – Our humanity, “raised beyond the heights of archangels”
Novus OrdoAscension of the Lord — May 6, 2027, May 25, 2028
Fac nos, omnipotens Deus, sanctis exsultare gaudiis, et pia gratiarum actione laetari, quia Christi Filii tui ascensio est nostra provectio, et quo processit gloria capitis, eo spes vocatur et corporis.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Cause us, Almighty God, to exult in holy joys, and to be glad in devout thanksgiving, because the ascension of Christ Your Son is our advancement, and the hope of the Body is being called to that place from whence comes forth the glory of the Head.
On my planet, this coming Sunday is the 7th Sunday after Easter, Ascension Thursday having fallen on Thursday. In most places Ascension Thursday has been transferred to Sunday, but not with malice. The notion the bishops had was to expose more people to the mystery of the Lord’s Ascension. That may indeed occur, but in my opinion the transfer may…