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The Ascension reveals man’s calling to eternal, divine life

May 29, 2025 Carl E. Olson 19

Readings: • Acts 1:1-11 • Psa. 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 • Eph. 1:17-23 or Heb. 9:24-28; 10:19-23 • Lk 24:46-53 “He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.” The […]

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Refocusing on the Ascension of Christ

May 26, 2022 Fr. Matthew MacDonald 25

Certain mysteries in the life of the Church and certain beliefs and practices can become obscure over time, for a variety of reasons. This is evident, I think, in the commemoration of the Solemnity of […]

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