on us to give us our sins and bring us to everlasting li a reading from the acts of the apostles in the st book the office i dealt with all that jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up after giving instructions to the holy spirit 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  while 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'll 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 witness in jerusalem through judea and samaria 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 si while 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 th this jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven the word of the lord god mounts his a reading from the letter of st paul to the officials 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 made the eyes of your hearts be enlightened 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 seating him at 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 his body the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way the word of the jesus said to his disciples thus it is written that the christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the rd day and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached in his name to all the nations beginning from jerusalem you are witnesses of these things and behold i am sending the promise of my father upon you but stay in the city until you are close with power from on high he led them out as far as bethany raised his hands and bless them as he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven they did him homage and then returned to jerusalem with great joy and they were continually in the temple praising god the gospel of the lord  lifted up they observed this they saw it they were witnesses and he has a departure from this world in the flesh to return to the right hand of the father after the occasional intermittent showing of himself in the resurrection for forty days then he seems to disappear but it's a good thought for us to realize there is no jesus returns to the father in fact the opposite is going to send the holy spirit on the day of pentecost and from that day on the presence of god fills the church something to be very aware of today when the church has its struggle us know of the spirit the holy spirit continues to fill his presence and the church for twenty centuries and jesus is not absent he has not disappeared he is invisibly present with us returning each day in mass returning to us as we open ourselves before him in the eucharist and much of our spiritual life is this kind of rhythm he seems to depart and then he returns that a spear aware of that most of spiritual life is to be aware of presence where now to make our profession of face i believe in one god the father almighty maker of heaven and earth of all things visible and invisible i believe in one lord jesus christ death and was buried and rose again on the rd day in accordance with the scriptures he has sent that into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father he will come again into lorries to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no and i believe in the holy spirit the lord the giver of life who proceeds from the father and son with the father and the son is adored and glorified who has spoken through the lord god of all for each and for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you fruit of the earth the work of human hands will become for us the bread  sacrifice now and supplication all boys to honor the wondrous ascension of your son krantz we pray that through this most hold the exchange we too may rise off to the heavenly realms through c the body and the laude of all boy jesus parts at the time he was the tree and then to unwillingly into his passion he took bread and giving signs broke it and gave it to his and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcomed them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we pray that with through him and with him and in him all god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever almighty ever living god who allow those on earth to celebrate divine mysteries grant we prayed a christian help me draw on the word to where our nature is united with you through christ all  amen the lord be with you and with us spirit the almighty god bless you the father and the son and the holy spirit amen the message sent it go forth in peace glorifying the lord by your life thanks to god and have a happy day and happy ascension day