The Book of Common Prayer Table of
contents
Sunday after Ascension Day
The Collect
O God the King of
glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great
triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not
comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and
exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone
before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one
God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle
1 St. Peter 4.7-11
The end of all
things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for
charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to
another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even
so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God: if any man minister, let him do it as of the
ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified
through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
The Gospel
St. John 15.26-16.4
When the Comforter
is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit
of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from
the beginning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should
not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the
time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth
God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they
have not known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told
you, that, when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told
you of them.
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