Sixth Sunday of Easter

You know by the the 6th Sunday of Easter that Ascension is on Thursday. I know, I know, everyone celebrates it on the following Sunday, but that is a huge cop out, because people have to work on Thursdays and no one wants to go to church early in the morning, or later after work when they absolutely do not have to do it.

Chickens.

All that aside, I love Ascension and plan to celebrate it in some festival, which as of yet is not clear. I might just sit and have a gin martini and listen to a good choir sing the Viri Galilaei. If you don't know what that is, oh well, look it up. No seriously. What you hear sung below is most of it as the link above provide the score. This link though is much more to my liking, and training. I guess now you want a translation huh?

Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into the sky?
This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven,
will come back, in the same way you have seen him go into heaven. Alleluja.

I'm sure you can understand that for someone who put much of their life into church music, the singing of the Palestrina is enough to make you cry. At least it is for me.