05/14/2026
Forty days after Jesus’ resurrection, He stood on a hill near Jerusalem speaking with His disciples. As He was blessing them, He rose up before them into heaven. The disciples watched Him rise into heaven until He was hidden from them by a cloud. Today we celebrate this special day of Ascension in our churches. Jesus’ ascension to the throne of His Father was the end of His state of humiliation. Jesus sits at the right hand of God, no longer bound by time and space. He has taken up the power and authority that were His since before time. “Yet our Lord is present with us who remain bound by time and space. He is with us as true God and true man, exercising His rulership in the Church through the means of grace which He established: His Word and His Sacraments.” (p.302)
Let us pray: “Almighty God, as Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, ascended into the heavens, so may we also ascend in heart and mind and continually dwell there with Him, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.” Amen.
Prayer quoted from and description adapted from “Treasury of Daily Prayer,” p. 301-302.
Image: “Christi Himmelfahrt” by Gebhard Fugel. Public Domain.
