ascension

Jesus is Now!

In May, the Church celebrates the Ascension. Ascension Day often has seemed to me to be an afterthought, coming after the wild celebration of Easter with its Sunday morning finery, decorated eggs, rousing celebratory anthems, and the return of loud “Alleluias.” However, Michael Casey, in his book Grace: On the Journey to God, states that “the mysteryContinue reading “Jesus is Now!”

“Ascension” by Malcolm Guite We saw his light break through the cloud of gloryWhilst we were rooted still in time and placeAs earth became a part of Heaven’s storyAnd heaven opened to his human face.We saw him go and yet we were not partedHe took us with him to the heart of thingsThe heart thatContinue reading “Ascension”