Jesus proved over 40 days in many and varying ... Ascension as recounted in the Acts of the Apostles. As in most Ascension paintings, there are earthly and heavenly dimensions since, as we saw ...

Rev. Paul Nicholson, S.J., begins his homily for the Ascension with a striking image from Medieval art: Jesus’ feet dangling ...

And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them ...

A massive painting of Jesus on display in the US Merchant Marine Academy in New York has been covered by a curtain after objections that the religious image should not hang in a room used for ...

But do we even notice Ascension Day, which annually tiptoes by on a Thursday (May 29 in 2025, in case you wondered)? Do we pause to marvel at the message of Jesus’s ascent in a cloud to God’s right ...