Ascension

While our Lord's Ascension reveals his transcendence, it also reveals to us his immanence. God is closer to us than

By Br Daniel Benedict Rowlands, O.P | This Carolingian miniature depicts Christ's feet firmly rooted to the ground as the Father

The major reason why we always find farewells unpleasant is that we feel our life is not going to be

Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 46; Ephesians 1:17-23 or Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23; Luke 24:46-53 There are two words that seem redundant in

Readings: Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 46, Ephesians 1:17-23, Matthew 28:16-20. This Sunday, in England at least, we celebrate the feast of the

“As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.

Even after enduring death, and overcoming it in the Resurrection, Christ does not do away with his humanity. Christ’s humanity

Fra Angelico's Noli Me Tangere

Set in the joyful post resurrection days, the ascension is Christ's final great act on earth. For the previous forty