He ascended near Bethany, traditionally from the Mount of Olives. On its lower slopes was the garden of terrible memory, of agony and of betrayal. The hands he raised in blessing as he was parting ...

The Ascension is a wondrous event: The Lord, by his own power, ascends to heaven. In so doing, he opens a path for us, too. As Pope St. John Paul II reminded the faithful in 1979 : “Jesus took ...

Do you remember the movie “The Ten Commandments?” I was in high school when I first watched it. Since then, I have watched it ...

The Ascension stands in direct relation to that Last Day: “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” (Acts 1:11 ...

He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) Revelation 1:17-18 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead.

"Jesus when he ascended to heaven said, 'Go to all the nations.' So he put us on the road. In fact, He spent most of his time on the road." LAFAYETTE, La. — In front of St. Pius Catholic Church ...

First, when we say in the Nicene Creed that “Jesus ascended into heaven,” we don’t mean that He shot off like a rocket into space. Heaven is only “up there” in a metaphorical sense, not ...

Before Moses ascended to heaven, he warned the Israelites not to make a mistake again like the first mistake they made. During the entire month of Elul, the Israelites did their utmost to increase ...