Christ’s Ascension into Heaven which the Church commemorates this week is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. It took place 40 days after the resurrection and celebrates the reality of Christ’s return to the Father before the Second Coming.
But how can we explain this biblical event and what is its main importance and symbolism? Susy Hodges spoke to Father Luke Buckles, a Dominican priest and professor at Rome’s Pontifical Angelicum University to find out more.
Father Buckles describes the Ascension as something beyond our human understanding and “a new astonishing event in human salvation history.” Christ, he said, is in Heaven “as our hope and our future.”
Listen to it all.
(Vatican Radio) Insights into the Feast of the Ascension
Christ’s Ascension into Heaven which the Church commemorates this week is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. It took place 40 days after the resurrection and celebrates the reality of Christ’s return to the Father before the Second Coming.
But how can we explain this biblical event and what is its main importance and symbolism? Susy Hodges spoke to Father Luke Buckles, a Dominican priest and professor at Rome’s Pontifical Angelicum University to find out more.
Father Buckles describes the Ascension as something beyond our human understanding and “a new astonishing event in human salvation history.” Christ, he said, is in Heaven “as our hope and our future.”
Listen to it all.