DIVINUM OFFICIUM Prayer

Collecta

Ascension Thursday

The collect for Ascension Thursday, petitioning that those who believe Christ has ascended may themselves dwell in mind amid heavenly things (mente in caelestibus). The Ascension inaugurates the period of waiting for the Spirit, as the Church lives between Christ's departure and return.

LATINE
Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut, qui hodierna die Unigenitum tuum Redemptorem nostrum ad caelos ascendisse credimus; ipse quoque mente in caelestibus habitemus. Per eumdem Dominum.
ENGLISH
Grant, we beseech thee, almighty God, that we who believe thy Only-begotten Son, our Redeemer, to have this day ascended into heaven, may ourselves also in mind dwell amid heavenly things. Through the same.
NOTA
FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
USUS
Ascension Thursday
HORA
Lauds
TEMPVS
paschal
GENVS
Prayer