The Tabernacle is in a hole of the wall.
It is like 'the cleft of the rock' where Moses had asked to see the face of the glory of the Holy One.
Last evening the sunshine illuminated the Oratory behind the Choir.
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Thursday, 17 May 2012
The Ascension of the Lord - Solemnity - Year B
Feast of the Church : Ascension of Jesus Christ, solemnitySaint(s) of the day : St. Paschal Baylon
Ascension
Revised Ronald Knox Bible (‘you’ version).
RE-CREATING
THE KNOX-COX TEXT OF “THE GOSPEL STORY”, compiled / combining extracts from: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts
The
Ascension of Our Lord
The first book which I wrote, Theophilus, was
concerned with all that Jesus set out to do and teach, until the day came when
he was taken up into heaven.
He then laid a charge, by the power of the Holy
Spirit, on the apostles whom he had chosen.
He had shown them by many proofs that he was still alive, after
his passion; throughout the course of forty days he had been appearing to them,
and telling them about the kingdom of God; and now he gave them orders, as he
shared a meal with them, not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the
fulfilment of the Father's promise:
Behold, I am sending down upon you the gift which was promised by my Father; you must wait in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
Behold, I am sending down upon you the gift which was promised by my Father; you must wait in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
John's baptism was with water, but there is a baptism with the
Holy Spirit which you are to receive, not many days from this.
And as he led them out as far as Bethany, his companions asked him, Lord, do you mean to restore the
dominion to Israel here and now? But he told them, It is not for you to know
the times and seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. Enough
for you, that the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and you will receive strength
from him; you are to be my witnesses in Jerusalem and throughout Judaea, in
Samaria, yes, and to the ends of the earth.
And so
the Lord Jesus, When he had said this, lifted up his hands and
blessed them; and even as he blessed them he parted from them; they saw him lifted up, and a cloud caught him away from their
sight.
And as they strained their eyes towards heaven, to watch his journey,
all at once two men in white garments were standing at their side.
Men of
Galilee, they said, why do you stand here looking heavenwards? He who has been
taken from you into heaven, this same Jesus, will come back in the same
fashion, just as you have watched him going into heaven. And they bowed down to worship him who is seated now at the right hand of God.
Then, from the mountain which is called Olivet, went back full of joy to Jerusalem ;
the distance from Jerusalem is not great, a sabbath day's journey. Coming in,
they went up into the upper room where they dwelt, Peter and John, James and
Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus
and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.
All these, with one mind,
gave themselves up to prayer, together with Mary the mother of Jesus, and the
rest of the women and his brethren. Matthias was added to their number
as a witness of Jesus resurrection and took rank with the eleven apostles.
They spent their time
continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.
Resurrection texts from the Knox translation
compiled by William J. W.
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The 14th Station
(The risen Lord sends the Holy Spirit) in wood by Giovanni Dragoni at the
Colle Don Bosco (where St. John Bosco was born on August 16, 1815).
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| Illustrates the sculptures in shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pompei, Italy |
