One year ago, on the feast of the Ascension, we attended Mass in a hotel basement. One of our older kids was in a weekend tournament, and a priest from one of the Catholic school teams offered to ...

When I read Luke’s Gospel about the Ascension of the Lord ... blessing the disciples and ascending into heaven, Jesus said, “Behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you,” referring ...

Artus Wolffort (1581-1641), “The Ascension of Jesus Christ,” ca. 1617, St. Paul’s Church, Antwerp, Belgium (photo: Public Domain) Susanna Spencer Blogs May 29, 2025 In the Acts of the ...

Consider a biblical description of what they sang and how they exulted as Jesus ascended with them to heaven: God mounts his throne to shouts of joy! The Lord amid trumpet blasts. All you peoples ...

Ascension Day marks the moment, according to Christian belief, when Jesus Christ ascended into heaven on the 40th day after His resurrection, as detailed in the Bible in the Acts of the Apostles ...

The Ascension of ... comprising Jesus' crucifixion, commemorated on Good Friday; his resurrection, celebrated on Easter Sunday; and finally his rapture into heaven, 40 days later – on a Thursday ...

It commemorates Jesus' physical ascension into heaven. It falls on the 40th day following Easter Sunday. Sign up for our Newsletters One of the ways the Amish celebrate is by closing businesses ...

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 Gospel of John states that Jesus turned water into wine during a wedding in the village. "Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from ...

Before Louis Comfort Tiffany elevated glassmaking to an art form, stained glass windows ... with manipulating the glass while it was hot into these wonderful folds and ripples and dapples of ...

As the clip, recorded by The Associated Press ... adding that the incident was being overblown into "a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe." The French leader argued that the images and reaction ...