The Forgotten Feast of the Ascension

ascension by rembrandtIn Episode 43, we discuss a once universally-celebrated feast of the Church which today is forgotten by many, namely, the Feast of Our Lord’s Ascension back to Heaven.

Link to Robert DeMoor’s article on the decline of the feast of the Ascension can be found here.

Links to Curate Steve Collier’s blog entries from “Christ: Sun of Righteousness” which discusses the importance of Christ’s crucifixion, resurrection and ascension as found in Psalms 22, 23, and 24 can be found here, here and here.

Link to Ascension Day Meditation from Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama can be found here.

Picture included is the painting “Ascension of Christ” by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1636)