May 21, 2023 The Seventh Sunday of Easter

<p><strong>Entrance Hymn #450 <em>All Hail The Power of Jesus’&nbsp;Name</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sequence Hymn #483 <em>The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns </em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>Behold the Lamb of God (Benham)</em></strong></p><p><strong> Communion Anthem <em>O Salutaris Hostia (Beethoven)</em></strong></p><p><strong> Post-Communion Hymn #494 <em>O Salutaris Hostia (Beethoven)</em></strong></p><p>O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting.&nbsp;<em>Amen.</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Acts 1:6-14</em></strong></p><p>When the apostles had&nbsp;come together, they asked Jesus, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the&nbsp;kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own&nbsp;authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were&nbsp;watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said,&nbsp;“Men of Galilee, why do you stand&nbsp;looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same</p><p>way as you saw him go into heaven.”</p><p>Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey&nbsp;away. When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and