"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 ...

As I’m writing this on May 9, our Roman Catholic and (some) Protestant cousins are celebrating the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. As you’re reading it in early June, my fellow Orthodox ...

In the Resurrection and Ascension, love moves, changes, transforms and even becomes unrecognizable from how it began––just like Jesus in his newly resurrected body. But love never leaves.

The feast of the Ascension commissions Christ's followers through all ages, reminding us that Christ's mission continues through us and that the grace to accomplish it remains ever available to us.

The Ascension of Christ is followed 10 days later by the feast of Pentecost. It was Christ’s Ascension that made Pentecost possible: “It is better for you that I go .

Catholic parishes in Lorain will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension June 1 with a Eucharistic Procession during the first of its kind event, according to a news release. Mass, which begins at ...

Tomorrow (June 2) is Ascension Day 2011. In the Christian religion, it commemorates the day that Jesus Christ's body was taken to heaven on the Thursday 40 days after his Easter resurrection.

"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 ...