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This Week at Ascension + April 24, 2024
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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Mark your Calendars
The Feast of the Ascension
The parish's 167th celebration of its Feast of Title
Thursday, May 9, 2024 | 8 a.m. Low Mass | 7 p.m. Solemn Mass with Choir
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Weekday Mass Schedule
12 p.m. on Monday & Friday
8 a.m. on Tuesday & Thursday
6:30 p.m. on Wednesday
View the Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Live-stream Mass here
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
Weekday Offices
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
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From the Rector
Towards the end of the Easter season, our Sunday Gospel readings pull us back in time. No longer do we hear accounts of our Lord’s post-resurrection appearances, but recount our Lord’s farewell discourse (John 14 – 17) given to his disciples immediately after the Last Supper, the night before our Lord’s crucifixion. On Sunday, we’ll hear an excerpt from our Lord’s farewell discourse in which he instructs his disciples:
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever."
With our Lord’s imminent glorification in sight, he promises his disciples that his guiding Spirit, the Spirit of truth, will descend upon them. However, our Lord promises that the Father will send another Advocate. Although our Lord is never directly called “Advocate” in the Gospel, he indeed has served and continues to operate in this capacity. For us, the Sacrament of Baptism is the principal act through which all Christians realize our Lord’s promise. In this rite we are marked as Christ’s own forever and receive the Advocate forever.
It is through this Advocate, the Spirit of Truth, that we can follow our Lord’s instruction to love him and keep his commandments. In the end, loving our Lord and keeping his commandments are not ultimatums, but the means through which we and the world are transformed. Loving our Lord and keeping his commandments forces us to embrace the world – its beauty and its brokenness – not as we want, but as God wants us to.
—Fr. de la Torre
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Art and Faith Eastertide Formation Series concludes April 28
Come join us for a 3-week series following the Solemn High Mass where we’ll explore how visual art can deepen our spiritual understanding of what it means to be an Easter people who worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. A light lunch will be provided.
April 28: He Ascended in Heaven
What is the Ascension and its meaning for us? We’ll view paintings—some that you can even visit in person in Chicago—to uncover and understand the Ascension and how it is not simply an event of the past.
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Young(ish) Adults Gathering, Sunday, May 5
Come up to the Library following the Solemn High Mass on Sunday, May 5 for lunch and conversation with Ascension’s fellow young adults. We’ll order Chipotle and discuss opportunities for fellowship and service. No need to RSVP, but if you have questions, please reach out to Mtr. Murphy-Gill.
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Consider being a Coffee Hour host
There are spots available for hosting Coffee Hour after either Sunday Mass! Look for the JULY & AUGUST sign-up sheets in Wheeler Hall.
If you are leary of what hosting a Coffee Hour might entail, speak to Hospitality Committee members Josh or Ellie Simpson, David Reeves, LaVerne Saunders or Carol Noren. They will be glad to help.
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The Prayers of the People
As part of our Sunday offering of the Mass, we bring to God our petitions and thanksgivings. As a community, we do this by bidding the parish’s intentions in the Prayers of the People. If you wish to have someone added to the Prayers of the People, please email Father de la Torre or Mother Murphy-Gill. You can also fill out the prayer request form in the link below. Names will remain on the prayer list for three weeks, unless otherwise requested.
Lord, hear the prayers of thy people; and what we have asked faithfully, grant that we may obtain effectually, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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For our prayers
Becky Potter Welsh, Bram Bassford, David Winter, Randy Thomas, Ruby Woods, Carolyn Wiggins, David Schrader, Kari Johnson, Marlea Edinger, Terrence Kumro, John Barry, Jeanne Fitzsimmons, Mary Sliwinski, Ken McPhillips, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Marilyn Labkon, Lee Gould, Florence Jones Clanton, Suzanne Dines, MB Hwang, Juanita Malone, David S. Jones, Richard Francis Tracz, Victor Fernandez, Claire Green, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Brenda Martins
Birthdays
David R. White, 4/21; R. Gary Alexander, 4/23; Gordon John Stanley BSG, 4/24,
George Panice, 4/24; Amber Zelazny, 4/26;
Anniversary
Arthur & Jeanne Kreymer, Marriage, COA, 4/25/1992
Requiescat in pace
Jose Luis Espinoza; James W. Faber, 4/22/2007; Dan Reeves, 4/26/2015
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them;
May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Organ and Choral Repertoire for
April 28, 2024
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ORGAN
Le cinquième Dimanche de Pâques
Prélude l'Introït; Offertoire;
Élévation; Communion
Charles-Arnould Tournemire
(1870-1939)
[Continuing the 2022-2025 series of the Organist’s offering the complete L’Orgue Mystique of Tournemire]
At the Entrance Procession
457 ST. JAMES
At the Offertory
500 SURREY
At the Communion
487 THE CALL
At the Retiring Procession
296 ENGELBERG
ORGAN
Le cinquième Dimanche de Pâques
Pièce terminale: Fugue libre et Postlude
Charles-Arnould Tournemire
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Mass Setting
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana
(c. 1560-1627)
Missa sine nomine
Offertory Motet
Thomas Tallis
(c. 1505-1585)
If Ye Love Me
Chanted Mass Propers
from the Graduale Romanum
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Between Masses, please don’t forget that The Choir of the Ascension has recorded upwards of 60 tracks that you can listen to anywhere you have an internet connection. They can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/choir-of-the-ascension
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Ascension Connections
(with your click and God's help)
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Meeting ID:
792 031 7452
Password: 1133
Join-by-Phone Option: (312) 626-6799
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Weekly Ascension Schedule
For connections:
via Zoom (click here)
SUNDAYS
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
11:00 a.m. In-person and Live-Streamed Solemn Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
MONDAY-FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
Weekday Mass Schedule
12 p.m. on Monday & Friday
8 a.m. on Tuesday & Thursday
6:30 p.m. on Wednesday
View the Wednesday Mass here
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Wardens
David Reeves, Sr. Warden
David Reeves, Sr. Warden
David A. Robertson, Jr. Warden
David A. Robertson Jr. Warden
Vestry
Ian Barillas-McEntee, Jay Peterson, Joshua Simpson
Ken Cozette, Elizabeth Simpson, Samuel Sommers (Clerk)
Vicki Dvonch, Nancy Pardee, DiAnne Walsh
Susan Schlough, Treasurer
Finance@ascensionchicago.org
Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm BSG, Parish Office
Office@ascensionchicago.org
Approved minutes of Vestry meetings are always available online to parishioners who request the link. If you would like Internet access to these Vestry Minutes, please email the Parish Office and request the link. Once you access the web page, you can read all recent Vestry meeting minutes.
The link remains live indefinitely. Any parishioner who has the link will not need to request a new link from month to month.
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