This episode is available early to accommodate dioceses that observe the Ascension on Thursday instead of Sunday.

Join Dr. Scott Powell, JD Flynn, and Kate Olivera as they look ahead to the readings for the Ascension— including a liturgical psalm that is key to understanding the Ascension, and the Jewish paradigm at play in Jesus’ final words to the Apostles in the Gospel of Matthew.

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Reading 1 - Acts 1:1-11

Psalm 47: 2-3, 6-9

Reading 2 - Ephesians 1:17-23

Gospel - Matthew 28:16-20

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