Sunday, May 12, 2024: The Seventh Sunday of the Glorious Resurrection, the Sunday after the Ascension
Alleluia!
On the Mount of Olives Christ blessed his apostles.
”To my Father and to yours, I am ascending.”
he said to them,
”and the Holy Spirit I shall send
to remain with you.”
As a cloud of light came down to lift the Savior,
his disciples then proclaimed: “To you be glory!”
Alleluia! Our prayers, Lord, receive.Alleluia!
With the sound of trumpet blasts
the angels praised him.
As the Son ascended up into the heavens,
they all rejoiced.
Gabriel, the messenger, announced
Christ’s descent in flesh.
The he witnessed to his great ascent in glory.
With the angels he cried out
and sang God’s praises.
Alleluia! Our prayers, Lord, receive.Alleluia!
A new priesthood was bestowed
at Christ’s ascension.
Laying hands upon the heads of his apostles,
he said to them:
”Go and make disciples of the world;
baptize them in faith:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one and true God.
I ascend now to the right of God my Father.”
Alleluia! Our prayers, Lord, receive.
Verses of the Maronite hymn, On the Mount of Olives. Sung on the feast of the Ascension to the Syriac melody, fsheeto.