The Feast of Ascension
“After the Lord had spoken
to them, He was received
up into heaven, and sat
down at the right hand of
God.” (Mark16:19)
hand” means power and
majesty and justice. The
Lord did not leave heaven
when He came down to
us.
Afterward the Lord Jesus
sent His Holy Spirit to the
disciples, as He promised
them. Our beautiful church
continues the mission of
the Lord Christ through
The church celebrates The Lord Almighty fills prayers, sacraments, and
the feast of ascension on everywhere. During these preaching the word of God.
Thursday, 40 days
Whenever we gather
after Resurrection. It
to pray in His name,
commemorates
the
our Lord Jesus is
Lord Christ’s glories
in the midst of us.
ascension
on
the
He is with us in the
Mount of Olives into
Church and in every
heaven and the end
spiritual
meeting.
of the resurrection
He is with us in the
appearances.
Holy communion in
According to the holy
every liturgy.
fathers,
Ascension
of the Lord Jesus
The Lord Jesus
into Heaven marks
ascended in glory
the completion of
on a cloud. On His
his earthly ministry
second coming, He
since He completed
will come again in
His mission in this
glory on the clouds.
world as a Savior.
May the Lord Christ
The Lord Christ has
direct our sights to
ascended into heaven
Heaven where He is
with a glorious body. The 40 days, the Lord prepared and where He was, so, we
disciples entered to the and strengthened His holy live a life that glorifies His
depth of the faith in that disciples for the service of holy name that was called
glorious body during the preaching. He prepared upon us.
Ascension. Our holy father them to bear Him witness
also explained that, “Right to the whole world.
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