17/05/2026
The Ascension marks the completion of Jesus’ mission, His return to the Father with His work accomplished. It is the climax of His words and deeds for our salvation. Yet it is not the end, for while Jesus is now in glory with the Father, He remains with us in Spirit: “Lo, I am with you always.”
The feast of the Ascension highlights Jesus’ exaltation and heavenly reign. His glorification at the Father’s right hand began at the Resurrection, and this feast celebrates His authority over the continuing plan of salvation through the Holy Spirit, beyond time and space.
Together, Jesus’ passion, death, Resurrection, Ascension, and the sending of the Holy Spirit form one unified mystery of faith. The Ascension proclaims that Christ, having completed His saving work, now reigns with the Father in glory—fulfilling the vision of the prophet Daniel: “To him was given dominion and glory and kingdom… his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away” (CCC #664).
[Via Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2019-05/sunday-reflections-2-june-2019.html]