Do good; seek justice (Isaiah 1:17) We, in the Southern Hemisphere, are celebrating the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity between Ascension Day and the Day of Pentecost, as originally suggested by the Faith and Order movement in 1926 and Pope Leo XIII in 1894. Christians, in the Northern Hemisphere pray for Christian Unity at
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Almighty God,
your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
ever lives to make intercession for us;
have pity on our weakness,
and in your mercy give us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask,
except through his merits,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever.
Amen
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Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we, who believe your only-begotten One,
our redeemer,
ascended this day to heaven,
may also in heart and mind there continually dwell;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Resources for Week 6 of Easter, including Ascension Day.
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The Easter Season continues up to and including the Day of Pentecost. The observance of Ascension Day on the fortieth day after Easter is due to a misunderstanding of Acts 1.3-11.
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Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we, who believe your only-begotten One,
our redeemer,
ascended this day to heaven,
may also in heart and mind there continually dwell;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Some people snuff out the Easter Candle today, Ascension Day, concluding the Easter Season today. Don’t!!! The Easter Candle is lit through the Day of Pentecost. It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty to react to such silliness with wrath, rage, and other such responses… Easter is fifty days. Count them: 50. Get
