in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace of allah lord jesus christ and the love of god in the communion of the holy spirit be with you all and with your spirit let the sick knowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries you were sent to heal the can try to fart lord have mercy lord have mercy you came to call centers  and where the head has gone before in glory the body was paul to follow in whole through all the lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever and reading from the acts of the apostles in the st book the awfulness i dealt with all the jesus did and taught until the day he was taken out after giving instructions to the holy spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen he presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of god meeting with them he enjoined them not to depart from jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the father about which you have heard me speak for john baptized with water but in a few days you will be baptized with the holy spirit when they had gathered together they asked him lord are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to israel he answered them it is not for you to know the times or seasons that the father has established by his own authority but you will receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses in jerusalem throughout judea and samarium and to the ends of the earth when he had said this as they were looking on he was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight by they were looking intently at the sky as he was going suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them they said men of galilee why are you standing there looking at the sky this jesus who has been taken out from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven the word of the lord your god god mounts his throne to shouts of joy a blare of trumpets for the lord mounts his throne joy a blare of trumpets for the lord all the peoples clap your hands shout to god with cries of gladness for the lord the most high the awesome is the great king over all the year god brothers and sisters may the god of our lord jesus christ the father of glory give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of him may the eyes of your hearts be that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe in accord with the exercise of his great might which he worked in christ raising him from the dead and see them him and his right hand in the heavens far above every principality authority power and dominion and every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come and he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church which is when they saw him they worshiped but they doubted then jesus approached and said to them all power in heaven and on earth has been given to me go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit teaching them to observe all that i have commanded you and behold i am with you always until the end of the all of our difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause praying as though dawn was absent and you can stretch that statement all of all the lord in event forty days after the resurrection of christ that may suggest that jesus departs that he disappears to the other side of the clouds in a month sense it's true he's never seen again other than by mystics and visions last sighting of him in the flesh is on ascension thursday but he did not disappear and that reality a presence for a catholic is so important the word presence in the many of you here perhaps because it's a holy day of obligation but many here come to mass every day because of the presence he is not on the other side of the clouds he has never disappeared he does not depart in any permanent permanent manner from us he's presence and as the gospel is telling us he returned to the happens only to go he gives himself fully to us in the eucharist his presence is complete but astronomy is a life time effort to try to make our own return to him a all things are made for us men and cross salvation came came down from heaven and by the holy spirit was incarnate of the virgin mary and became for our sake he was crucified him to punch my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to of your son grant we pray that through this most holy exchange we too may rise up to the heavenly realms through christ all the lord amen the lord be with you and with here spirit lift up your hearts we lift them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right and yes it is truly always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god for the lord jesus the king of glory conqueror of sin and death ascended to day to the highest ha as the angels gazed in wonder mediator between god and man judge of the world and the lord of hosts he ascended not to distance himself from our lowly state but that we his numbers might be confident of following where he our head and founder has gone before therefore overcome with pascual dry every land every people exults in your praises and even the heavenly powers with the  you are indeed holy a lord the fount of all holiness make holy therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like they do fall so that they may become for us the body and blood of all lord jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and to unwillingly into his passion he took bread in giving thanks broke it and gave it to his disciples and take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which will be given  him for this is the chalice of my blog the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sin is do this in memory of me it therefore as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life and the chalice of salvation giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister t o you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lloyd your church spread throughout the world and bring her died in your mercy welcomed them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we prayed that with the blessing virgin mary mother of god would bless it saint joseph her spouse with the blasted apostles and all the saints of pleased to throughout the ages we may be called ware's to eternal life and may praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through him and with him and in him all god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all laurie and honor is yours forever and ever almighty every living god who allow those on earth to celebrate the vine mystery grant we pray the christian hold major oss onward where our nature is united with you through christ all the lord they meant the lord be with you and with you a spirit and the almighty god bless you the father and the son and the holy spirit amen the bass's ended go in peace thanks for to god and happy feast day and have a good day everyone