Wednesday 16 May 2012

'cleft of the rock' Ex.33:22 Ascension Thursday

"and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. (Exodus  33:22 NASB)
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, solemnity
Saint(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. 
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.
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).



Catholic Truth Society
Illustrates the sculptures in shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pompei, Italy