The Prayer Appointed For The Week: Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day (May 4-10, 2008)

O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Scattered Saturday Stuff

Here’s some stuff I’d like to share but I’m too busy or tired to blog about:

• Iron Man review here.
• CT’s Mark Galli on evangelicals and liturgy here.
• Eastern Orthodox thoughts on whether or not our gospel is too small:  Read “The Poverty of Love” here.
• Thoughts on how the Church should respond to Grand Theft Auto IV here.
• Cool post of the sovereignty of God here.
• And last but not least, from the blog you’ve just gotta check out, this post about those religious sounding email addresses, and this very cool one comparing two movies that tell us the gospel.

Prayer For Ascension Day (May 1, 2008)

Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that, according to his promise, he abides with his Church on earth, even to the end of the ages; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.