Jesus ascended back to heaven 40 days after his resurrection. We know this because Luke tells us ( Acts 1:3 ). It’s a very ...

But do we even notice Ascension Day, which annually tiptoes by on a Thursday (May 29 in 2025, in case you wondered)? Do we pause to marvel at the message of Jesus’s ascent in a cloud to God’s right ...

Sunday, June 1, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (Boston; Hartford, Connecticut; New York; Newark, New Jersey; ...

In the Resurrection and Ascension, love moves, changes, transforms and even becomes unrecognizable from how it began––just ...

Rev. Paul Nicholson, S.J., begins his homily for the Ascension with a striking image from Medieval art: Jesus’ feet dangling ...

and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven,” Jesus tells Peter in the Gospel story. With those words, one of the most enduring symbols in Christendom, the keys of St. Peter ...