PART II
CHAPTER I
❧ Of the Ascension of the Lord, and of His last appearance
BLESS Thee, and give Thee thanks,
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of Glory,
Maker of Heaven and earth. Lord
of Angels, and Saviour of men, Who
abhorrest the proud, and comfortest the humble: I bless Thee
and give thanks to Thee for having on this day —
in the sight of Thy disciples, with joyful countenance, and with Thy glorious Body clad with light
as with a garment, amid the songs of angels, with
the voice of the trumpet and with a merry noise,
by the power of Thy own might — ascended in
triumph far above the heavens in all their vastness,
above the starry firmament, above the Cherubim
and the Seraphim, above the glory of the Angels,
and the most exalted of created things. I bless
and thank Thee for that, after having overcome
the prince of this world, Thou didst open the way
of life and glory to the friends, whom Thou hadst
chosen and united to Thee, whom Thou hadst
