The Ascension of our Lord
Commemorations at Vespers and Lauds during the Octave

1st Vespers

Lauds


 

2nd Vespers

 

 

First Vespers

Ant:  Pater, manifestávi nomen tuum homínibus quos dedísti mihi : nunc autem pro eis rogo, non pro mundo, quia ad te vénio, allelúja.

Ant:  Father, I have manifested thy Name unto the men whom thou hast given me: and now I pray for them, not for the world, because I come to thee, alleluia.
V.  Ascéndit Deus in jubilatióne, allelúja.
R.  Et Dóminus in voce tubæ, allelúja.

V.  God is gone up with a merry noise, alleluia.
R.  And the Lord with the sound of the trump, alleluia.

Oremus.
Concéde, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus : ut, qui hodiérna die Unigénitum tuum Redemptórem nostrum ad cælos ascendísse crédimus; ipse quoque mente in cæléstibus habitémus.  Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that like as we do believe thine only-begotten Son our Saviour 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, in the unity.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

 

 

Lauds

Ant:  Ascéndo ad Patrem meum, et Patrem vestrum : Deum meum, et Deum vestrum, allelúja.

Ant:  I ascend to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God, alleluia.
V.  Dóminus in cælo, allelúja.
R.  Parávit sedem suam, allelúja.		 V.  The Lord hath prepared, alleluia.
R.  His seat in heaven, alleluia.

Oremus.
Concéde, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus : ut, qui hodiérna die Unigénitum tuum Redemptórem nostrum ad cælos ascendísse crédimus; ipse quoque mente in cæléstibus habitémus.  Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that like as we do believe thine only-begotten Son our Saviour 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, in the unity.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

 

 

Second Vespers

Ant:  O Rex glóriæ, Dómine virtútum, qui triumphátor hódie super omnes cælos ascendísti, ne derelínquas nos órphanos; sed mitte promíssum Patris in nos, Spíritum veritátis, allelúja.

Ant:  O King of glory, thou Lord of Sabaoth, who as on this day didst ascend with exceeding triumph far above all heavens: we pray thee leave us not comfortless, but send on us the Promise of the Father, even the Spirit of truth, alleluia.
V.  Ascéndit Deus in jubilatióne, allelúja.
R.  Et Dóminus in voce tubæ, allelúja.

V.  God is gone up with a merry noise, alleluia.
R.  And the Lord with the sound of the trump, alleluia.

Oremus.
Concéde, quæsumus, omnípotens Deus : ut, qui hodiérna die Unigénitum tuum Redemptórem nostrum ad cælos ascendísse crédimus; ipse quoque mente in cæléstibus habitémus.  Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that like as we do believe thine only-begotten Son our Saviour 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, in the unity.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH