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May 9, 2024 · The Ascension of Our Lord, a Holy Day of Obligation, celebrates the day that Christ, in the presence of His apostles, ascended bodily into Heaven. The Ascension occurred on the 40th day of Easter, a Thursday... continue reading
Learn about the biblical and theological significance of the Feast of the Ascension, which celebrates Jesus' glorification and commissioning of His Apostles. Find out when and how it is celebrated, and what the Church teaches about Jesus' presence in Heaven and on earth.
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The Community of disciples, who gathered the “testimonies” about the proclamation of the Gospel, was a Community that was wounded due to the absence of one of their companions, Judas. Even though it was imperfect, it was to this specific and real Community that Jesus entrusted the task of becoming witnesses of his Gospel, of his proposal of love.
The text precisely states that the mission the disciples received brought them back to the beginning of their experience with Jesus: “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? (Acts 1:11, today’s First Reading). Galilee is where everything had begun. It was the place where they listened to Jesus, where the Community was formed,...
The text from Acts offers us some theological-spiritual coordinates to understand the mystery we are celebrating. The text says in Acts 1:11 that Jesus “was taken up”. It places emphasis that it was an action of God. A cloud “took him from their sight” (v. 9) recalls the image of the cloud on Mount Sinai (Ex. 24:15), the cloud above the ark of the ...
We do not await the last day idly, nor do we close ourselves in our own homes. But, as Jesus reminds us, we await the last day dedicated to a mission that reaches the ends of the earth. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses…to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:7ff). We are fortified by Jesus’s promis...
Lord Jesus, You who in your ascension filled the Eleven with joy, make us worthy of that same joy through your prayer and your mercy. Lord Jesus, You who in your ascension bore our fragile humanity into heaven and opened for us the way that leads to Heaven, fill us with the joy of serenity and peace. Lord Jesus, You who by ascending into heaven clo...
The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ (also called the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday) commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven.
Learn about the biblical and theological meaning of Christ's ascension into heaven, His role as King and Mediator, and His presence in the Church. Find answers to common questions and sources from the Catechism and Vatican II.
May 24, 2024 · The Feast of the Ascension is the fortieth day after Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.
