2nd Glorious Mystery: The Ascension

Acts 1:3-11

When the day is short and the night is long,
the vault of heaven shall kiss the bosom of earth,
the valleys shall kiss the tender clouds,
and the stars will caress the mountains.
Each root and branch will be called blessed,
every creature that crawls the earth or walks the sea,
shall know your Name.
Each beast from the mighty horse to the fearsome scorpion
will dance to the Name of the Lord.
Even this body, O Lord, you will cradle;
even the body you have broken you will not despise.
This piercéd heart you will renew,
these parched lips you will cleanse,
and they will sing your praise again.

Why do the people stand in wonder, O Lord?
Why do their mouths hang agape as they are crowned with holy fire?

O friends and dear companions,
why do you stand with mouth agape at the sky,
why do you stand like turkeys counting raindrops?
Don’t stand like rural posts,
you know the work to be done:
Proclaim this the acceptable day.
Heal the sick. Feed the hungry.
Console the destitute.
Proclaim this acceptable day
that heaven and earth are wed,
that all are living in the Lord’s house.
Proclaim that all are children of the most high
from each quarter and counter-quarter,
from every point of the Compass Rose.

Wake up, dear friends,
be amazed no more.
Rise up and do the work you are called to.
Rise up and walk the Way of Beauty and Holiness.
Selah.