Today we celebrate Jesus’ departure from earth.

For thirty years he lived a hidden life in Nazareth, sharing the mundane struggles experienced by every working family. For three years he travelled around Israel preaching the gospel, performing miracles, and training his Twelve Apostles. When this work was finished, he redeemed fallen humanity: he reversed the tragedy of Original Sin through his sacrificial passion and death. Then, to guarantee the trustworthiness of his teaching and his sacrifice, he rose from the dead and appeared to his followers’ multiple times. Forty days later, with his disciples and Apostles gathered around him on the mountaintop, Jesus mysteriously ascended back into heaven, back to his Father's side, back to where he had come from.

This is what we celebrate in the Ascension. We celebrate Jesus ascending into heaven, body and soul, humanity, and divinity, providing us with the hope of eternal life in heaven with him. In fact, the ascension is the direct source of our hope because it means we are never alone.

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