Daily Mass Readings for May 17, 2026: Gospel — Mt 28,16-20

¹ I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach ² until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. ³ To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God. ⁴ While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me. ⁵ For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” ⁶ So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.” ⁹ After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight. 1 ⁰ As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them 1 ¹ and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

1 ⁷ I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, 1 8 —since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened—so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 1 ⁹ and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength. 2 ⁰ This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms 2 ¹ far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 2 ² And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things. 2 ³ Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.