The Ascension of the Lord
Solemnity · White
In Easter Time
About this day
Forty days after his Resurrection, Christ ascended into heaven in the sight of his apostles, as the Acts of the Apostles records. The solemnity falls on the Thursday of the sixth week of Easter; most U.S. dioceses keep it on the following Sunday.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Sun 9 May 2027 — Year B · I
- Sun 9 May 2027
Music
Mass
- Ascension – Propers (Organ) (b) [9. ASCENSION – PENT. 840-955] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Ascension – Propers [Ascension. 857 ff. 04.30.18] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Ascension – Propers (Organ) (a) [Ascension. 857. 865. 873 organ] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Ascension – Propers (Organ) (2018) [Ascension. Propers. 840-893. organ. 05.12.18] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 1 to Nov 02 – All Souls – Propers (English, Latin & Spanish) (Organ) [complete] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
Divine Office
Divine Office: Vespers II
- Ascension – Second Vespers [EWTN Ascension. II Vespers. 2020. +] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “You kingdoms of the earth, sing…” Ps 67: 33, 35
- Communion — Roman Missal “Christ, offering a single sacrifice for…” Cf. Heb 10: 12
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Men of Galilee, why gaze in…” Acts 1: 11
- Communion — Roman Missal “Behold, I am with you always…” Mt 28: 20
- Introit — Simple English Propers “MEN of Galilee, why are you…” Act 1, 11
- Offertory — Simple English Propers “MEN of Galilee, why do you…” Acts 1: 11