29 May 2025 - Solemnity of the Ascension
Acts 1:1-11; Heb 9:24...10:23; Lk 24:46-53
Homily
This is the fortieth day of our celebration of the Lord's Passover, which will conclude in ten days' time with the Solemnity of Pentecost. What we are celebrating today, on the feast of the Ascension, is just one facet of the same Paschal Mystery. Indeed, it was not until the 5th century that Christians began to celebrate the Ascension liturgically as a festival distinct from the Resurrection. In fact, these two feasts are simply two facets of the same mystery.