[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

Or you might hear the Mass for the Seventh Sunday of Easter.

[annalex]

Luke
	English: Douay-Rheims	Latin: Vulgata Clementina	Greek NT: Byzantine/Majority Text (2000)
	Luke 24
46.	And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, the third day:	et dixit eis : Quoniam sic scriptum est, et sic oportebat Christum pati, et resurgere a mortuis tertia die :	και ειπεν αυτοις οτι ουτως γεγραπται και ουτως εδει παθειν τον χριστον και αναστηναι εκ νεκρων τη τριτη ημερα
47.	And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.	et prædicari in nomine ejus pœnitentiam, et remissionem peccatorum in omnes gentes, incipientibus ab Jerosolyma.	και κηρυχθηναι επι τω ονοματι αυτου μετανοιαν και αφεσιν αμαρτιων εις παντα τα εθνη αρξαμενον απο ιερουσαλημ
48.	And you are witnesses of these things.	Vos autem testes estis horum.	υμεις δε εστε μαρτυρες τουτων
49.	And I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay you in the city till you be endued with power from on high.	Et ego mitto promissum Patris mei in vos ; vos autem sedete in civitate, quoadusque induamini virtute ex alto.	και ιδου εγω αποστελλω την επαγγελιαν του πατρος μου εφ υμας υμεις δε καθισατε εν τη πολει ιερουσαλημ εως ου ενδυσησθε δυναμιν εξ υψους
50.	And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.	Eduxit autem eos foras in Bethaniam, et elevatis manibus suis benedixit eis.	εξηγαγεν δε αυτους εξω εως εις βηθανιαν και επαρας τας χειρας αυτου ευλογησεν αυτους
51.	And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from them, and was carried up to heaven.	Et factum est, dum benediceret illis, recessit ab eis, et ferebatur in cælum.	και εγενετο εν τω ευλογειν αυτον αυτους διεστη απ αυτων και ανεφερετο εις τον ουρανον
52.	And they adoring went back into Jerusalem with great joy.	Et ipsi adorantes regressi sunt in Jerusalem cum gaudio magno :	και αυτοι προσκυνησαντες αυτον υπεστρεψαν εις ιερουσαλημ μετα χαρας μεγαλης
53.	And they were always in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.	et erant semper in templo, laudantes et benedicentes Deum. Amen.	και ησαν δια παντος εν τω ιερω αινουντες και ευλογουντες τον θεον αμην

[af_vet_1981]

Two points:

1. I noticed the second listed reading is very similar, except for the additional Christian references to our Lord Jesus Christ, to the most beautiful prayer of our elder brethren. It is almost as if the Apostle Paul was using that prayer as a common reference point.
   
   Compare:
   
   Brothers and sisters: May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of him. May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe, in accord with the exercise of his great might: which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens, far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
   
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   Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world which He has created according to His will.
   
   May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days, and within the life of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon; and say, Amen.
   
   May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity.
   
   Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, extolled and honored, adored and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, beyond all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations that are ever spoken in the world; and say, Amen.
   
   May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen.
   
   He who creates peace in His celestial heights, may He create peace for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen.
   
   
2. The Gospel reading includes Then he led them out as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them.
   
   Imagine receiving a blessing from the Messiah. Is this what happens when one believes and receives a blessing from one in persona Christi ?
   
   In the ecclesial service of the ordained minister, it is Christ himself who is present to his Church as Head of his Body, Shepherd of his flock, high priest of the redemptive sacrifice, Teacher of Truth. This is what the Church means by saying that the priest, by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, acts in persona Christi Capitis:23
   
   It is the same priest, Christ Jesus, whose sacred person his minister truly represents. Now the minister, by reason of the sacerdotal consecration which he has received, is truly made like to the high priest and possesses the authority to act in the power and place of the person of Christ himself (virtute ac persona ipsius Christi).24
   
   Christ is the source of all priesthood: the priest of the old law was a figure of Christ, and the priest of the new law acts in the person of Christ.25