On Ascension
the festival of the future of the world
Today is Ascension Day. The Gospel reading (from the conclusion of Luke’s Gospel) ends with this deceptively simple account:
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, a…
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