The Ascension Gives Us Our Mission

The Ascension gives us our mission

A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, by Heather Trotta

There are three Thursdays in the year... and one is the Ascension – Exaudi

The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, celebrated forty days after the Resurrection, reminds us that Christ ascends to heaven to prepare a place for us and send us on a mission

Today the Catholic Church commemorates the Ascension of the Lord, a date that invites humanity to live with faith, practicing charity and solidarity. This event, which marks the rise of Jesus to heaven, is interpreted as the exaltation of divine victory and a call to sow peace in the world. This is what Rafael Loyo, parish priest of the Holy Cross Church, remembers, who considers this feast as a moment of spiritual preparation. Like the apostles…

Ascension and Novena to the Holy Ghost – First Day - Catholic Insight

In the Church universal, the solemnity of Ascension is on its traditional day, Thursday – so a blessed, if belated, and joyous one to all our readers – commemorating Our Lord’s return to heaven, whence He shall return at the end of time. The ‘nine days’ from here to Pentecost signifies the very first ‘novena’ of prayer, which the first Apostles and Our Lady made, to the Holy Ghost, and the only one still officially prescribed by the Church. The …

May 29, Christians Celebrate Jehovah's Ascension

The way Church Father Chrysostom describes Christ's return to His Father makes you feel "warm and happy," says Prof. Dr. M.A. van Willigen.