Irish Catholic
Bishops’ Conference

The Ascension of the Lord

This coming Sunday, we commemorate the fortieth day after the Resurrection when Jesus ascended body and soul into Heaven and took His seat at the right hand of His Father.

‘The Ascension of Christ means our own salvation as well; where the glorious Head has gone before, the body is called to follow in hope. Let us therefore exult, beloved, as is fitting, and let us rejoice in devout thanksgiving. For on this day not only have we been confirmed in our possession of paradise, but we have even entered heaven in the person of Christ; through His grace we have even entered heaven in the person of Christ; through His grace we have regained far more than we have lost through the devil’s hatred’ (St Leo the Great, Sermon 73:4).

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