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 ...

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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 ...

Emily Turjman, a well-known figure in the Latin parish of Jerusalem, outside the Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. She's showing the rosaries she crafts with embroidery ...

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Jesus’ Ascension seems to happen at a rather inopportune time. For those following a liturgical church calendar, Pentecost is generally viewed as the climactic moment of Eastertide. In Acts 2 ...

Vatican City, Apr 17, 2013 / 04:56 am. Pope Francis proclaimed "we are never alone" and that Jesus is our defender, as he reflected on the Ascension during his Wednesday general audience.

Rather, by his ascension, Jesus is present in a new way, liberating men and women through the sacraments for new life in the Spirit. The presence of the ascended Christ is a transforming presence.

Jesus' ascension to Heaven depicted by John Singleton Copley in “Ascension” (1775). Image courtesy of Creative Commons When you create a password at your bank, it asks you some authentication ...

Jesus’ ascension into heaven does not mean he is absent, Pope Francis asserted. Instead, it tells us that he is alive among us “in a new way. ...