is known as the "Feast of the Ascension," "Ascension Thursday," and "Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ." It's a commemoration of Jesus Christ's bodily ascension into heaven following His ...

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.

And Jesus does not return to heaven in order to ... to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25). The Lord links his ascension to an unleashing of special power: “Amen, amen, I say to you ...

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 ...

It is Jesus who poured out the Holy Spirit at Pentecost ( Acts 2:32-33 ). It is Jesus who opens people’s hearts so they ...

The celebration of the solemnity 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 (Jn 14:1-6 ...

Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, a pivotal event in the history of our salvation.

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 ...

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 ...

Slatington Baptist Church recently celebrated the 125th anniversary of its historic West Church Street building with a ...