Tag Archives: Ascension

Setting Our Hearts on Heaven: St Leo the Great on the Saving Mystery of the Ascension (II) Reply

by • The Theologian (Fr Jose LaBoy) • Tags: , , ,

By Fr José LaBoy, LC

Vocation to heaven

St. Leo’s second homily on the Ascension is centered on the bodily absence of Christ from this world, which is a necessary consequence of his “going up” to heaven, and its importance for Christian living. What stands out in this homily is the positive interpretation he gives of this reality and how it is exactly because Christ cannot be seen that we can know him as he truly is and set our minds and hearts on him in heaven. More…

Why Christ’s Ascension Is More Important Than We Might Think Reply

by • Spiritual Lights (Fr Jason Smith) • Tags: ,

The Ascension by Benjamin West

By Fr Jason Smith, LC

The Liturgy on the feast of the Ascension  presents us with the apostles staring awestruck at the sky as Jesus ascends out of sight; so much so, that we get the impression that they would have remained for days in this stupor, had not two messengers been sent to shake them up. More…