Dominica post Ascensionem

Hear, O Lord, my voice with which I have cried to Thee, alleluia: my heart hath said to Thee, I have sought Thy face, Thy face, O Lord, I will seek: turn not away Thy face from me, alleluia, alleluia.

Almighty, everlasting God, grant us ever to have a will devoted to Thee, and to serve Thy majesty with a sincere heart. Through our Lord.

Dearly beloved, Be prudent and watch in prayers. But before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves: for charity covereth a multitude of sins. Using hospitality one towards another without murmuring: as every man hath received grace, ministering the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the words of God: if any man minister, let him do it as of the power which God administereth: that in all things God may be honoured through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Alleluia, alleluia. V. Christ reigning in heaven, at the right hand of the Father, sendeth the Holy Spirit upon His disciples. Alleluia. V. I will not leave you orphans: I go away, and I come to you, and your heart shall rejoice. Alleluia.

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, He shall give testimony of Me: and you shall give testimony, because you are with Me from the beginning. These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized. They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth a service to God. And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that, when the hour shall come, you may remember that I told you.

Grant us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that our minds may be well disposed, through these mysteries we have received, so that our fasting in preparation for the solemnity of the Holy Ghost may be beneficial to us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.