The Blessed Virgin Mary was raised up to heaven (body and soul) by the authority and power of the Triune God (see Ascension Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51 and the Dogma of the Assumption, 1950).

This Thursday is Ascension Day. So give us the basics. What’s the story of Jesus’ ascension? Guest: Well, most Christians celebrated Easter, which, of course, is Resurrection Sunday.

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Acts begins with a recapitulation of Jesus' ascension mentioned at the end of Luke. Jesus tells the apostles that they will bring his message to Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of ...

Luke concludes with the scene of Jesus' ascension which is recapitulated in the beginning of Acts (1:6-11). Each of the characters in Luke plays a particular role that helps illumine the life of ...

The burial custom in Jesus’ day was for a body to be anointed with spices and wrapped in a cloth. It would then be placed in a tomb or cave and the entrance would be sealed.