Sunday: The Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23/Lk 24:46-53
“I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power.”
Ephesians 1:17-19, NRSVCE
Monday
Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33
“The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each one to his home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.”
John 16:32, NRSVCE
Tuesday
Acts 20:17-27/Jn 17:1-11a
“You yourselves know how I lived among you the entire time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, enduring the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews. I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house”
Acts 18-20, NRSVCE
Wednesday
Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19
“And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. ”
John 17:11, NRSVCE
Thursday
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26
“The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage. For just as you have borne witness to my cause in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome.””
Acts 26:11, NABRE
Friday
Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19
“He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” [Jesus] said to him, “Feed my sheep.””
John 21:17, NABRE
Saturday
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Jn 21:20-25
“He remained for two full years in his lodgings. He received all who came to him, and with complete assurance and without hindrance he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Acts 28:30-31, NABRE
