Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church universal, its true vocation. In our worship and in our common life, we are to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ in all things, at all ...

The celebration of the Ascension of the Lord is an annual opportunity for us not only to focus on heaven, where the Lord Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us (John 14:1-6) and on the joy that “eye ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis commemorated the Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus into heaven by reminding the faithful of their duty to be witnesses of the Gospel every day of the week, in all areas ...

'Hail the day that sees him rise, glorious to his native skies,' we sang as the procession entered the church. 'Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis,' the choir sang, ...

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. Following the ...

Probably all of us are able to picture the ascension of Jesus as it's described by Luke in our first lesson today. It's something that we've heard from the time we were very young and we, I'm sure, ...

Among the anniversaries in the Church’s calendar of holy days, the ascension of Jesus Christ probably causes modern Christians more embarrassment than joy. Coming forty days after Easter, Ascension ...

The Ascension of Jesus Christ, at the Eglise Saint-André in Domancy, France, in 2019. ALAMY STOCK PHOTO The Ascension is the third part of an essential trio of events in the Christian calendar, ...

One of the great achievements of the liturgical movement in the twentieth century was the recovery of the centrality of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ for Christian life, thought, and practice.

"And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight" (Acts 1:9). Today, 40 days after Easter, is known as the "Feast of the Ascension," ...