THE GOSPEL
7th Sunday: John 17:1-11a
Ascension: Matthew 28:16-20And behold, I am with you all days till the end of the age.
Jesus,
when you ascended,
you took all your (and our) humanity
into the fullness of the
divine being.
All is
holy now.
We belong to you.
We ask you
to give us the “new ways of
thinking, acting, living, loving, and being.
A new way of being
human.”*
Please.
We need your love,
courage, understanding,
knowledge, and your wisdom.
Be with us all days.
Let your Spirit
never leave
us
alone.
*Albert Einstein
THE FIRST READING
7th Sunday: Acts 1:12-14
Ascension: Acts 1:1-11
John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized
with the Holy Spirit.
Lord,
we are in the upper room
waiting for your Spirit.
Open our minds, our eyes, and our hearts
when your Holy Spirit tells us how
to fix our wars, and everything
that our lack of love
destroys.
Then, help us act on
what we hear!
Let no one have to ask us
“Why are you looking up at the sky?”
THE SECOND READING
7th Sunday: 1 Peter 4:13-16
Ascension: Ephesians 1:17-23
(May) the Father of glory, give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of him.
Suffering, we ward you off.
Yet you steal into
our lives.
OK,
come in.
Live
with us.
But only
if it means that
Christ is within us and
that we can know him better.
Lord,
let the eyes of our hearts be enlightened
and filled with your kindhearted
love,
that cures all.
