Commontide
Almighty God, whose only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven: May our hearts and minds also there ascend, and with him continually dwell; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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BCP 2019, p. 613
Preface of the Ascension
Through your dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who after his most glorious resurrection appeared to his Apostles, and in their sight ascended into heaven to prepare a place for us; that where he is, there we might also ascend, and reign with him in glory.
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This prayer has been said on Ascension Day since at least the sixth or seventh century, when it took shape in the Roman liturgical tradition transmitted in the Gelasian and Gregorian sacramentaries. Cranmer translated it for the first English prayer book in 1549, adding "heart" alongside "mind" to deepen its petition, and it has traveled through every English prayer book since.