May 29, 2014

Reading

The Acts of the Apostles 1: 1-11

1:1	Svo sannarlega, O Theophilus, I composed the first discourse about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach,
1:2	instructing the Apostles, whom he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, even until the day on which he was taken up.
1:3	He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations.
1:4	And dining with them, he instructed them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but that they should wait for the Promise of the Father, “about which you have heard," sagði hann, “from my own mouth.
1:5	For John, einmitt, skírður með vatni, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now.”
1:6	Þess vegna, those who had assembled together questioned him, að segja, „Drottinn, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom of Israel?”
1:7	But he said to them: “It is not yours to know the times or the moments, which the Father has set by his own authority.
1:8	But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”
1:9	Og er hann hafði þetta mælt, while they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
1:10	And while they were watching him going up to heaven, sjá, two men stood near them in white vestments.
1:11	And they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall return in just the same way that you have seen him going up to heaven.”

Second Reading

The Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians 1: 17-23

1:17	svo að Guð Drottins vors Jesú Krists, faðir dýrðarinnar, getur gefið þér anda visku og opinberunar, í þekkingu á honum.
1:18	Megi augu hjarta þíns lýsa, svo að þér vitið, hver er von köllunar hans, og auður dýrðar arfleifðar hans með hinum heilögu,
1:19	og yfirburða dygð hans gagnvart okkur, gagnvart okkur sem trúum í samræmi við verk kraftmikillar dyggðar hans,
1:20	sem hann gjörði í Kristi, reisa hann upp frá dauðum og staðfesta hann sér til hægri handar á himnum,
1:21	yfir sérhverju höfðingjaveldi og vald og dyggð og yfirráð, og yfir hverju nafni sem gefið er, ekki bara á þessum aldri, en jafnvel í framtíðinni umr.
1:22	Og hann hefur lagt alla hluti undir fætur sér, og hann hefur gert hann að höfðingja yfir allri kirkjunni,
1:23	sem er líkami hans og hver er fylling hans sem gerir allt í öllum.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to to Matthew 28:16-20

28:16	Now the eleven disciples went on to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
28:17	Og, seeing him, they worshipped him, but certain ones doubted.
28:18	And Jesus, nálgast, spoke to them, að segja: “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
28:19	Þess vegna, go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
28:20	teaching them to observe all that I have ever commanded you. Og sjá, I am with you always, even to the consummation of the age.”