Is whole and Heaven-centred now, and sings, The heart that broke for all the broken-hearted He took us with him to the heart of things Whilst we were rooted still in time and place We saw his light break through the cloud of glory I’m grateful to Oliver Neale for the image above, the image below was taken as we launched rockets to celebrate Ascension day at Girton College: We have lift off! If you can mention the book from which they are taken that would be great.Īs always you can hear the sonnet by clicking on the ‘play’ button if it appears in your browser or by clicking on the title of the poem. Please feel free to make use of this, and my other sonnets in church services and to copy and share them. The book is now back in stock on both Amazon UK and USA . This sonnet is drawn from my collection Sounding the Seasons, published by Canterbury Press here in England. The sonnet form seemed to me one way to begin to tease these things out. In the Ascension Christ’s glory is at once revealed and concealed, and so is ours. Paul, “and your life is hidden with Christ in God”. And since His humanity is taken into Heaven, our humanity belongs there too, and is in a sense already there with him.”For you have died”, says St. He is in the Heaven which is at the heart of all things now and is universally accessible to all who call upon Him. He is no longer located only in one physical space to the exclusion of all others. In the mystery of the Ascension we reflect on the way in which, one sense Christ ‘leaves’ us and is taken away into Heaven, but in another sense he is given to us and to the world in a new and more universal way. I’m posting it a day in advance, in case anyone would like to use it in a service, either on the day itself or else this Sunday. Ascension is professed in the Nicene and in the Apostle's Creed 8.Here is a sonnet for Ascension Day, the glorious finale of the Easter Season. It is one of the ecumenical feasts intended to unite Christianity worldwide and is related in this way to the feasts of the Passion, Easter and of Pentecost 9. ![]() Some Roman Catholic denominations have moved the feast of ascension to the Sunday after the 40th day 8. Though it implies that Jesus Christ's humanity is taken into heaven in all denominations of Christianity, the emphasis is placed on different aspects in Protestantism, Eastern Christianity, and Roman Catholicism. CelebrationĪscension is a major Christian feast celebrated exactly 39 days after Easter Sunday, thus on a Thursday. The 9th century hailed depictions of ascension on domes of churches 6 7. Before the end of the 6th-century, Christian art was depicting ascension scenes that usually contained two parts one of heaven and one of earth. In the life of Jesus Christ, there are five major milestones that are baptism, transfiguration, crucifixion and finally ascension. The feast of Ascension has been observed since at least 385 CE when the oldest written record of the holiday exists 6. Some other references possibly exist, but the clearest reference is in the Acts of the Apostles in acts 1:3 and 1:9 4 5. The event is referred to in the bible under the gospel of Luke. ![]() ![]() Tradition has dubbed this location the mount of Ascension, although no specific location was given in the bible 3. OriginĪccording to the bible, Jesus Christ's ascension took places on Mount Olivet in Bethany, nearby to Jerusalem. According to the bible, Jesus Christ ascended into heaven surrounded by 11 apostles who were told by an angel that he would return to earth in the same way he ascended in bodily form 2. It is therefore celebrated on the 40th day of easter, or 39 days after easter 1. Ascension is celebrated at the following dates:Īscension is the Christian celebration of Jesus Christ's bodily ascension into heaven 40 days after he has risen from the grave.
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