No matter how chaotic, or fearful things may seem, there is always practical spiritual light to be seen and experienced.

Ascension Day is an opportunity to reflect upon the significance of Jesus’ post-resurrection earthly departure. Every year, 40 days after Easter and 10 days before Pentecost, we celebrate Jesus ...

Jesus’ return to heaven was not an awkward stage exit but the climax of our redemption story. For a long time, I never really understood the Ascension. To me, the disciples’ question in Acts 1 ...

Think of Jesus’ ascension like a welcome home party. Jesus, who was born in a lonely feeding trough, died alone on the cross and was buried in a borrowed tomb, now returns to his heavenly throne.

The top of the Mount of Olives is where tradition places the exact location of Jesus’ ascension into heaven. On Ascension Day, Christians can celebrate the liturgy inside the chapel thanks to a ...

Paul’s alibi in Athens is the stuff of legend. On trial for preaching a foreign God, Paul connected with his accusers and ...

The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ commemorates the Catholic belief of the bodily Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven. This is considered a Holy Day of obligation. Followin… ...

On May 9, Christians celebrate the Ascension, symbolizing Jesus' ascent to God. Le Monde explores the history and symbolism of one of Christianity's most important feasts.

In the Journal of Biblical Literature, Volume 129, No. 4 (2010), Richard Miller presents a list of common attributes ascribed to heroes in Greco-Roman ascension myth.

On the solemnity of the Ascension, Christians in Jerusalem ascended to the top of the Mount of Olives, where tradition places the exact location of Jesus’ ascension into heaven. It is the only ...