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“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him,“ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ “This is the great and foremost commandment.“ The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ —Matthew 22:36-39

Amen to your prayer of anticipation for the reopening ahead, dear SisterK! And a blessed Ascension Day to all!

The Ascension of Christ by Gebhard Fugel, c. 1893

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A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing

Contemporary arrangement of an ancient hymn, written in the 8th century
by English monk and scholar, the Venerable Bede

A hymn of glory let us sing
New songs throughout the world shall ring
Alleluia, alleluia!
Christ, by a road before untrod
Ascended to the throne of God
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

The holy apostolic band
Upon the Mount of Olives stand
Alleluia, alleluia!
And with His followers they see
Jesus’ resplendent majesty
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

To Whom the angels drawing nigh
“Why stand and gaze upon the sky?”
Alleluia, alleluia!
“This is the Savior,” thus they say
“This is His noble triumph day!”
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

“Again ye shall behold Him so
As we today have seen Him go”
Alleluia, alleluia!
“In glorious pomp ascending high
Up to the portals of the sky”
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!