The Ascension of the Lord

Graduale Romanum 1974, p. 235; translations from Gregorian Missal, p. 381.

Introit: Viri Galilaei

Viri Galilaei, quid admiramini aspicientes in caelum? alleluia: quemadmodum vidistis eum ascendentem in caelum, ita veniet, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

℣. Omnes gentes plaudite manibus: iubilate Deo in voce exsultationis.

Men of Galilee, why are you gazing in astonishment at the sky? alleluia; just as you have seen him ascend into heaven, so, in like manner, shall he return, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

℣. All nations, clap your hands; shout unto God with a voice of joy.

Score
Performance (unknown singers, 3:00)
Performance (Monks of Glenstal Abbey, 2:16)

Offertory:

Ascendit Deus

Ascendit Deus in iubilatione, Dominus in voce tubae, alleluia.

God has gone up amidst shouts of joy, the Lord to the sound of the trumpet, alleluia.

Score
Performance (1:14, not quite what’s written in the score, but I like it!)

Or: Viri Galilaei

Score
Performance, from “Music and Poetry in St. Gallen” (2:10)
Performance, by the Graduale Project, 2:34

Communion:

Year A: Data est mihi

Year B: Signa eos

Signa eos qui in me credunt, haec sequentur: daemonia eicient: super aegros manus imponent, et bene habebunt. Alleluia.

These signs will accompany those who believe: they will cast out demons, and when they lay their hands upon the sick, these will recover, alleluia.

Score
Performance, 7:59, with commentary, Chicago Benedictines
Performance, 6:51, with psalm verses, ChoralTracks.com on SoundCloud