On May 1, 2008 is a solemnity of the Ascencion in the Traditional Roman Calendar (Roman Missal of 1962). Thursday is a first class feast and the liturgical color is white. The Collecta of the Mass says thus: "Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God; that we who believe Thine only begotten Son, Our Redeemer, to have ascended on this day into heaven, may also ourselves dwell in mind amid heavenly things. Through the same Christ Our Lord.
The collecta is that variable part of the Mass where the priest by reciting that presidential prayer presents to God the petition of the faithful present and the whole intention of the Church. Ascencion is believed to be one of the important feasts in the Church because it is considered as the culmination of the Incarnation of the Son of God. Thus it is celebrated with such ardour and magnificence because it shows the final union of God and Man, and the reconciliation effected by the Cross of Jesus Christ.
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