Entrance Antiphon – Ascension (Mode VIII, De La Torre)

Rebecca De La Torre


Lyrics / Letras

Men of Galilee, why gaze in wonder at the heavens?
This Jesus whom you saw ascending into heaven
will return as you saw him go, alleluia.
(Acts of the Apostles 1:11)

Verse 1:

O clap your hands, all you nations,
shout unto God with loud cries of gladness.
(Psalm 47:2)

Verse 2:

He has chosen our heritage for us,
the glory of Jacob, whom he loves.
God has gone up with a shout;
the LORD, amid trumpet blasts.
(Psalm 47:5-6)

Verse 3:

Sing praise to God, sing praise;
sing praise to our king, sing praise.
(Psalm 47:7)

Verse 4:

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
(Gloria Patri)