Daily Readings: May 9, 2024

Ascension Day

Morning	Evening
Psalm 8 Psalm 47	Psalm 24 Psalm 96
Heb. 2:5-18 Matt. 28:16-20 Dan. 7:9-14

The Collect of the Day

Ascension Day

Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that, according to his promise, he abides with his Church on earth, even to the end of the ages; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Ascension Day

Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into heaven, so we may also in heart and mind there ascend, and with him continually dwell; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

8

Domine, Dominus nosterBCP p. 592

¹O Lord our Governor, *how exalted is your Name in all the world!

²Out of the mouths of infants and children *your majesty is praised above the heavens.

³You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, *to quell the enemy and the avenger.

⁴When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, *the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,

⁵What is man that you should be mindful of him? *the son of man that you should seek him out?

⁶You have made him but little lower than the angels; *you adorn him with glory and honor;

⁷You give him mastery over the works of your hands; *you put all things under his feet:

⁸All sheep and oxen, *even the wild beasts of the field,

⁹The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, *and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.

¹⁰O Lord our Governor, *how exalted is you Name in all the world!

47

Omnes gentes, plauditeBCP p. 650

¹Clap your hands, all you peoples; *shout to God with a cry of joy.

²For the Lord Most High is to be feared; *he is the great King over all the earth.

³He subdues the peoples under us, *and the nations under our feet.

⁴He chooses our inheritance for us, *the pride of Jacob whom he loves.

⁵God has gone up with a shout, *the Lord with the sound of the ram’s-horn.

⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises; *sing praises to our King, sing praises.

⁷For God is King of all the earth; *sing praises with all your skill.

⁸God reigns over the nations; *God sits upon his holy throne.

⁹The nobles of the peoples have gathered together *with the people of the God of Abraham.

¹⁰The rulers of the earth belong to God, *and he is highly exalted.

Daily Office Readings

⁵Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. ⁶But someone has testified somewhere, “What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them? ⁷You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned them with glory and honor, ⁸subjecting all things under their feet.” Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them, ⁹but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. ¹⁰It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. ¹¹For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, ¹²saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.” ¹³And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Here am I and the children whom God has given me.” ¹⁴Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. ¹⁶For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. ¹⁷Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. ¹⁸Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.