User's Guide to Sunday, May 17: Solemnity of the Ascension in most of the United States. ... One of our family’s favorite hymns has always been Alleluia, Sing to Jesus.

JUST before Ascension Day 1999, I had an operation on my feet to cor­rect my hallux valgus — that means bunion, but the medical Latin makes it sound a bit more dignified. At the time, I was a tutor at ...

It is in hymns that we find some of the finest expressions of what the ascension means to us: Charles Wesley's great hymn "Hail the day that sees him rise", William Chatterton Dix's "Alleluya, sing to ...

We celebrate with the Feast of the Ascension. We also recite a special hymn. And, while we usually fast every Wednesday and Friday, we do not fast at this time. It is a time of celebration.

Twelve young Manx choristers have scaled the Great Laxey Wheel to mark Ascension Day. It celebrates the Christian belief in the ascension of Jesus to heaven, 40 days after his resurrection at Easter.

Favourite Ascension-tide hymns alongside music by Will Todd and John Rutter are performed by the Daily Service Singers and St. Martin's Voices, with the Will Todd Ensemble directed by Andrew Earis.

Twelve young Manx choristers have scaled the Great Laxey Wheel to mark Ascension Day. It celebrates the Christian belief in the ascension of Jesus to heaven, 40 days after his resurrection at Easter.