The Pilgrim's Journey

Feast of the Ascension explained

R RLast Updated: May 14th, 2015Spiritual Reflections

(Word on Fire, Fr. Robert Barron) We tend to read the Ascension along enlightenment lines, as if Christ has gone to a distant, irrelevant place. The biblical reality is this: Jesus, in ascending into heaven, has not gone “up, up, and away.” Rather, he has gone to heaven to direct operations more fully here on … Read More