SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION (A, B, C) Lectionary #58B
The ministry of Christ is continued in the ministry of the Church. In accord with the decision of the U.S. bishops (1998) as confirmed by the Holy See (1999), this solemnity may be transferred to the Seventh Sunday of Easter in certain ecclesiastical provinces of the United States.
Acts 1:1-11. Luke’s second volume begins with the ascension of Jesus and his commission to the apostles to wait for the promised Holy Spirit.
Psalm (46) 47
This enthronement psalm, dating probably to the reign of David and Solomon, has three sections: praise of God as the “most high,” the enthronement of God as sovereign in heaven, and the tribute given to God on earth.
Dios Asciende (Montgomery) FYC 208
God Goes Up with Shouts PSL 90/SS 310
God Goes Up with Shouts (Affley/Murray) CBW 106
God Mounts His Throne/Dios Asciende (Alonso) SS
God Mounts His Throne (Alstott) BB
God Mounts His Throne (Chepponis) SS
God Mounts His Throne (Guimont) GC2 926/PMB 631/PRM B63/LPMG 58/WS
God Mounts His Throne (Haugen) GC 53/GC2 36/PCY1 51/RS 80
God Mounts His Throne (Hughes) CCS 2029
God Mounts His Throne (Inwood) JS 45/SP3 42/GP 208/MI‑BB
God Mounts His Throne (Kogut) PCY10 21
God Mounts His Throne (Kreutz/Gelineau) LPGG 856
God Mounts His Throne (Proulx/Gelineau) WOR 851/RS 79/LPGG 1075-12
God Mounts His Throne (Roberts) LMGM 522
God Mounts His Throne (Schiavone) JS 936/LP 80
God Mounts His Throne (Weckler) PMB 151/WC 403/WS
God Mounts the Throne (Willcock) PFS 32
Ephesians 4:1-13. Paul urges the Ephesians to live in accord with their faith, and he reminds them that Jesus became one of us in order to empower us with the gifts we need to live that way. (The second reading for Year A may also be used.)
Mark 16:15-20. This is the “longer ending” to Mark’s Gospel, which contains a description of the miraculous signs that will confirm the truth of apostolic preaching. Use of this text might take some extra explanation.
Songs for the Liturgy
*A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (1) WOR 469/GC 453/GC2 467/RS 606
All Shall Be Well GP 396
*Alleluia! Go and Teach All People (G) CBW 515
*Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (1,2) WOR 737/WC 703/CBW 426/GP 419/MI‑BB/LMGM 67/JS 477/GC 853/GC2 826/RS 914/PMB 352/WS/SS
Baptized in Living Waters, vss 4-5 (2,G) PMB 386/WC 741/WS
Be Not Afraid (1) GP 602/GC 608/GC2 596/CBW 481/MI‑BB/LMGM 123/WC 839/JS 706/RS 734/PMB 446/WS
Christ=s Church Shall Glory (2) WOR 616/RS 717/SS
Come, Christians, Join to Sing (1) GP 684/JS 608/WC 873/MI‑BB
Crown Him with Many Crowns (2) WOR 496/CBW 437/MI‑BB/LMGM 68/WC 706/GP 420/JS 480/GC 485/GC2 489/RS 626/PMB 465/WS/SS
Dwelling Place (2) GP 591/GC 594/GC2 582
Forth in the Peace of Christ (G) WOR 627/CBW 514
*Go (G) LMGM 66/GC 454/RS 604/WC 879/PMB 478/WS
*Go, Make of All Disciples (G) WOR 628/WC 890/GC 687/GC2 666/RS 798/JS 828/PMB 479/WS
*Go Out to All the World (G) GC 112
*Go to the World! (G) CBW 508/RS 608/WC 884/WS/SS
*Go Ye Out (G) MI-BB
God, We Praise You (G) BB/RS 676/WOR 535/PMB 495/JS 594/WS/SS
*Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (1,G) WOR 471/CBW 399/BB/WC 578/JS 451/GC 457/GC2 468/RS 605/GP 400/PMB 276/WS/SS
Hail Thee, Festival Day! (2) CBW 388/BB/WC 565/JS 450/WOR 444/GC 450/RS 588
Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises (G) GC 562/GC2 529/RS 692/PMB 482
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (2) WOR 524/CBW 555/WC 900/GP 681/BB/LMGM 193/JS 593/GC 524/GC2 519/RS 657/PMB 494/WS/SS
*I Will Be with You (1,G) GC 455/RS 603
I Will Sing, I Will Sing (Ps) GC 543/GC2 79
Jesus Shall Reign (2) WOR 492/WC 702/RS 631/JS 479/PMB 362/WS
*Let the Earth Rejoice and Sing (1,G) WC 579/PMB 277
*Lift Up Your Hearts, Believers (1,G) HG 69
Look, O Look, the Sight Is Glorious WOR 468
*Lord, You Give the Great Commission (G) WOR 470/MI‑BB/WC 742/JS 452/GC 456/GC2 466/CBW 691/RS 607/GP 401/PMB 382/WS/SS
Now Go Forward (G) GC 691
O Christ, the Great Foundation (2) WOR 618/RS 781, 782/GC2 646/CBW 527/SS
*O Men of Galilee (E) IH 28
One Is the Body (G) GC 846
*Praise Him As He Mounts the Skies (1) CBW 513
Ps 117: Go Out and Tell the Good News (G) Various settings
Rejoice, the Lord Is King (1,Ps) WOR 493/MI‑BB/LMGM 93/WC 720/JS 478/GC 487/GC2 493/RS 627/PMB 355/SS
*Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise (1,G) CBW 391/JS 448/WC 580/PMB 275/WS/SS
Take Christ to the World (G) GP 549/JS 836/MI‑BB
Tell It! Tell It Out with Gladness (G) GC2 518/HG 92
The Church of Christ in Every Age (2) WOR 626/WC 930/JS 843/RS 803/GC2 665/SS
The Church=s One Foundation (2) CBW 526/GC 661/JS 779/GP 573/PMB 385/WC 743/WS/MI-BB
The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns (2) WOR 464/RS 591
*Vayan al Mundo/Go Out to the World (G) MI-BB
*Why Stare into the Sky? (E) PSL 89/SS
| Title of Anthem, Voicing & Instrumentation | Composer/arranger/editor | Publisher & edition # | |
| Achieved Is the Glorious Work from “Creation” (SATB, Organ) | Haydn, Franz Josef | Walton (W6001) | 1 |
| All People Clap Your Hands (SAATB, Organ) | Weelkes, Thomas/Collins, Walter | Oxford (A 193) | PS |
| All You People, Clap Your Hands (Unison, Organ) | Roff, Joseph | GIA (G-1618) | PS |
| Alleluia, Ascendit Deus (SSATB) Alleluia, Ascendit Deus (SSATB, Organ/Keyboard, Latin/English) |
Byrd, William Byrd, William/Kingsbury, John |
Stainer & Bell (416) Tetra (Broude) (AB 844) |
G |
| Antiphonal Praise (Antiphonal Unison Choir, Organ) | Hopson, Hal | Sacred Music Press (S-255) | PS |
| Ascendit Deus (SAATB, Keyboard/Organ, Latin/English) | Clement, Jacques/Deis, Carl | G. Schirmer (7754) | PS, G |
| Ascendit Deus (SATBB) | Gallus, Jacobus | Associated (A-83) | PS, G |
| Ascendit Deus (SB, Keyboard) | Ravanello, Oreste/French, Paul | GIA (G-5685) | PS, G |
| Ascendit Deus (SSATB, Keyboard/Organ) | Philips, Peter | Oxford (43.452) | PS, G |
| Ascension from “Verses for the Easter Season” (SATB) | Willan, Healey/Guenther | Concordia (98-3057) | C |
| Ascension, The (SATB, Organ) | Moore, Philip | Pavane (Intrada) (PVN 1006) | PS, G |
| Bear with Each Other (Unison choir, Solo I, Solo II, or 3-part, Keyboard) | Dean, Stephen | OCP (11565) | 2 |
| Christ Be with Me (SATB, Organ) | Pulkingham, B. C. | Pastoral Press (PPM 9329) | C |
| Christ's Own Body (Unison, 2-part, 2 Octave Handbells, opt. Cong.) | Tucker, Margaret | Choristers Guild (CGA 801) | G |
| Clap Hands, All People (SATB) | Berger, Jean | Shawnee (A-729) | PS |
| Clap Your Hands (SATB, opt. percussion) | Eddleman, David | Carl Fischer (CM 8039) | PS |
| Clap Your Hands (Unison, Keyboard) | Wyton, Alec | Gemini (Alexander Broude) (GP 101) | PS |
| Clap Your Hands (Unison/2-part mixed, Keyboard, opt. Trumpet, opt. 32 Handbells) | Boertje, Barbara | Unity Music (10/1976U) | PS |
| Clap Your Hands, All Ye Children (Unison, Keyboard) | Hunnicut, Judy | Augsburg (11-1632) | PS |
| Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet (Unison, Organ/Keyboard) | Nelson, Ron | Augsburg (11-0649) | PS |
| Go Therefore and Make Disciples (Unison, Keyboard) | Bedford, Michael | Concordia (98-3270) | G, C |
| Go to the World! (SAB, Keyboard, Guitar, opt. Trumpet) | Johengen, Carl | GIA (G-4395) | G |
| Go to the World! (SATB, Organ, Brass Quartet, Timpani, Suspended Cymbal) | Chepponis, James J. | GIA (G-5133) | G |
| Go, Ye, into All the World (SATB) | Gumpeltzhaimer , Adam | Oxford in “Morning Star Choirbook #1, p. 79 (97-6287) | G, C |
| Go, Ye, into All the World (SATB, Keyboard) | Butler, Eugene | Carl Fischer (CM 7880) | G |
| God Has Gone Up (SATB, Organ) | Titcomb, Everett | H. W. Gray (CMR 2192) | E, 1 |
| God Has Gone Up with a Shout (SSATBB, Tenor or Soprano Solo, Organ, Brass, Tympani, Percussion) | Weidner, R | Pastoral Press (PPM 0315) | PS |
| God Has Gone Up with a Shout! Alleluia! (SATB, Organ) | Hillert, Richard | Concordia (98-2774) | PS |
| God is Gone Up (SATB) | Titcomb, Everett | H. W. Gray (GCMR 2192) | PS |
| God is Gone Up (SATB, Organ) | Croft, William/Bryant, Giles | Leeds Music (#6) | PS |
| God Is Gone Up with a Merry Noise (SATB, Keyboard) | Leavitt, John | Concordia (98-3649) | PS |
| God is Gone Up with a Merry Noise (SSAATB, Organ) God is Gone Up with a Merry Noise (SSAATB, Organ) |
Croft, William | Novello (88 0034 00) RSCM (in Festival Service Book, Vol. II) |
PS |
| God is Gone Up with a Merry Noise from “Shorter Anthems” (SATB) | Hutchings, Arthur | Novello (296) | PS |
| God is Gone Up with a Shout (SATB, Organ) | Willan, Healey | Concordia (98-1543) | PS |
| God Is Gone Up with a Shout (SATB, Organ, opt. Tpt., Hdbls) | Hopson, Hal H. | H.W. Gray (GCRM 03586) | PS |
| God Mounts His Throne (SATB, Solo, Organ, opt. Percussion) | Peloquin, C. Alexander | GIA (G-1661) | PS |
| God of Abraham Praise, The (SATB, Brass, Organ) | Beck, John Ness | Beckenhorst Press (BP 1012) | 2 |
| God Rules in Might and Splendor (SAB, Keyboard) | Pergolesi, Giovanni, B./arr. Hopson, Hal H. | Flammer (D-5405) | PS |
| God, the Lord, Now Reigneth (SATB) | Des Près, Josquin/ed. Van Camp, Leonard | Concordia (98-3213) | PS |
| I Will Not Leave You Comfortless (SATB, Organ) | Joule, Anthony | GIA (G-4492) | C |
| I Will Not Leave You Comfortless (SATB, Organ) | Titcomb, Everett | Carl Fischer (CM 441) | C |
| Jesus, My All, to Heaven Has Gone (Unison) | Scott, K. Lee | Augsburg (0800651081) | 1 |
| Lift Up Your Heads (SATB, Organ) | Mathias, William | Oxford in Anthems for Choirs I(OXF 353214) | 1 |
| Nations, Clap Your Hands (SATB, Keyboard) | Grotenhuis, Dale | Concordia (98-3621) | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (2-part, Organ) | Powell, Robert J. | GIA (G-2088) | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SAB, Organ/Piano) O Clap Your Hands (SA, Organ/Piano) |
Couperin, François/Jewell, Kenneth W. Couperin, François/Jewell, Kenneth W. |
Concordia (98-1922) Concordia (98-1921) |
PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SATB) | Schütz, Heinrich | Concordia (97-4880) | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SATB) O Clap Your Hands (Unison, Keyboard) |
Rohlig, Harald | Augsburg (11-0607) Concordia (97-5165) |
PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SATB, Keyboard) | Leavitt, John | Concordia (98-3593) | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SATB, Organ) | Hopson, Hal | Flammer (A-5594) | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SATB, Organ) | Mathias, William H. | Oxford (3503441) also in “Anthems for Choirs, I (353214X) | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SATB, Organ) | Rutter, John | Oxford (A 307) | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SATB, Organ, opt. Brass) O Clap Your Hands (SSATTBB, Organ, Brass, Percussion) |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Galaxy (222) E. C. Schirmer (ECS I-5000) |
PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SSAATTBB, Keyboard/Organ, English only) | Gibbons, Orlando | Oxford (TCM 40) also in “Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems” | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands (SSATB, Organ/Keyboard) | Greene, Maurice | Concordia (98-2224) | PS |
| O Clap Your Hands Together, All Ye People (SATB, Organ) | Shaw, Martin | Novello (29.0141.02) | PS |
| O Lord, Most High, Eternal King (SATB, Organ) | Benson, Robert A. | Auagsburg (0800674200) | PS |
| O, All Ye People, Clap Your Hands (SATB, Organ) | Purcell, Henry/Lewis & Fortune | Novello (PSR 11) | PS |
| Omnes Gentes (SAT/SATB/ATTB/SATB, Keyboard/Organ, Latin) | Gabrieli, Giovanni/Winter, Paul | C. F. Peters (4813) | PS |
| One Faith, One Hope, One Lord (SATB, Organ/Keyboard, opt. solo Trumpet or Brass Quintet) | Courtney, Craig | Sacred Music Press (S 462) | 2 |
| Psalm 47 (2-part, Keyboard, opt. Finger Cymbals & Triangle) | Webb, Charles, H. | Choristers Guild (CGA-207) | PS |
| Psalm 47 (SAB, Organ, Cong.) | Pelz, Walter | Augsburg (11-9376) | PS |
| Psalm 47 (SATB, Organ, Trumpet) | Lindh, Jody | Broadman (4563-02) | PS |
| Psalm Concerto (Part III) (SATB, 2 Tpts, 2 Trombones, Str. Bass) | Moe, Daniel | (Augsburg (11-0649) | PS |
| See God to Heaven Ascending (SATB) | Riegal, Friedrich Samuel | Augsburg (0800657772) in “Chantry Choirbook” | 1 |
| Sing Praise (SATB, Keyboard/Organ) Sing Praise (SSAA, Keyboard/Organ) Sing Praise (TTBB, Keyboard/Organ) Sing Praise (SAB, Keyboard/Organ) |
Glarum, L. Stanley | Hall & McCreary (1656) Hall & McCreary (2557) Hall & McCreary (3510) Hall & McCreary (8013) |
PS |
| Sing Praises (SATB, Keyboard/Organ) | Pfautsch, Lloyd | Lawson Gould (51367) | PS |
| Up Through Endless Ranks of Angels (SAB, Organ, opt. Trumpet) | Cherwien, David | Augsburg (0800658817) | G |
| Up Through Endless Ranks of Angels (SAB, Organ, Trumpet) | Gerike, Henry V. | Concordia (98-270) | G |
| Up Through Endless Ranks of Angels (SATB, Organ, 2 Trumpets, opt. Tympani) | Pelz, Walter L. | Concordia (98-2324) | G |
| Up Through the Endless Rank of Angels (SAT, Organ, opt. Trumpet) | Cherwien, David | Augsburg (0800658817) | 2 |
| Viri Galilaei (AATBB) | Byrd, William | Oxford in Anthems for Men'sChorus, Vol. I | E, 1 |
| Viri Galilaei/Men of Galilee (SSATB, Latin/English) | Sweelinck, Jan P./ed. Hines, Robert S. | Augsburg (11-10283) | E, 1 |
| We Are the Church (Unison/2-part, Keyboard) | Jothen, Michael | Choristers Guild (CGA 731) | 2 |
| We Want to See Jesus Lifted High (SATB, Keyboard, Percussion) | Horley, Doug | Word (689314186) | 1 |
| You Men of Galilee (Unison, Handbells) | Martens, Edmund | Concordia (97-5384) | E, 1 |