17 May 2026 (Sunday)
Pope Leo has repeatedly emphasized the importance for the Church of confronting the challenges posed by artificial intelligence and the development of new technologies. In his meeting with the cardinals just days after his election on May 8, the Pope explained that his choice of papal name was inspired by Leo XIII, who, “in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum, addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution.”
Ascension of the Lord Solemnity (Seventh Sunday of Easter)
Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:
First Reading: Acts 1: 1-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 ℟. 6 or: ℟. Alleluia.
Second Reading: Ephesians 1: 17-23
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: Matthew 28: 19a, 20b
Gospel: Matthew 28: 16-20
Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)
Liturgical color: White or Gold.
First Reading: Acts 1: 1-11
(Reader) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach,
2 Until the day on which, giving commandments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up.
3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion, by many proofs, for forty days appearing to them, and speaking of the kingdom of God.
4 And eating together with them, he commanded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but should wait for the promise of the Father, which you have heard (saith he) by my mouth.
5 For John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence.
6 They therefore who were come together, asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 But he said to them: It is not for you to know the times or moments, which the Father hath put in his own power:
8 But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold two men stood by them in white garments.
11 Who also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, as you have seen him going into heaven.
(Reader) The Word of the Lord.
(All) Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 47: 2-3, 6-7, 8-9
R. (6) God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
or
R. Alleluia.
2 O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of Joy,
3 For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
R. God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
or
R. Alleluia.
6 God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
7 Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.
R. God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
or
R. Alleluia.
8 For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.
9 God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.
R. God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.
or
R. Alleluia.
Second Reading: Ephesians 1: 17-23
(Reader) A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians.
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.
21 Above all principality, and power, and virtue, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.
22 And he hath subjected all things under his feet, and hath made him head over all the church,
23 Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.
(Reader) The Word of the Lord.
(All) Thanks be to God.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: Matthew 28: 19a, 20b
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
19a, 20b Go and teach all nations, says the Lord; I am with you always, until the end of the world.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew 28: 16-20
(Reader) A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
(All) Glory to you, O Lord.
16 And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
17 And seeing him they adored: but some doubted.
18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
(Reader) The Gospel of the Lord.
(All) Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
For our reflection today:
The words of the Popes.
“Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you” (Jn 17:1). The glorification that Jesus asks for himself as High Priest, is the entry into full obedience to the Father, an obedience that leads to his fullest filial condition: “And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made” (Jn 17:5). This readiness and this request are the first act of the new priesthood of Jesus, which is a total gift of himself on the Cross and on the Cross itself — the supreme act of love — he is glorified because love is the true glory, the divine glory. The second moment of this prayer is the intercession that Jesus makes for the disciples who have been with him. They are those of whom Jesus can say to the Father: “I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word” (Jn 17:6). This “manifesting God’s name to m en” is the fulfilment of a new presence of the Father among the people, for humanity. This “manifesting” is not only a word, but is reality in Jesus; God is with us, and so his name — his presence with us, his being one of us — is “fulfilled”. This manifestation is thus realized in the Incarnation of the Word. In Jesus God enters human flesh, he becomes close in a new and unique way. And this presence culminates in the sacrifice that Jesus makes in his Pasch of death and Resurrection. (Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, 25 January 2012)
Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi / Most High Servant,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih / Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love
(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)
My vocation is Blessed and Saints.
"I am the most humble of all the Saints in Heaven" Mary, Mother of God."
"I am the handmaid of the Lord, said Mary ‘let what you have said be done to me."
Mother Mary is the most humble Saint in Heaven and she is also the Mother of God for us all
(Luke 1:38)
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