Forty days after the Resurrection, our Lord Jesus Christ, attended by Angels, ascended into heaven, in the sight of His most holy Mother, His Apostles, and disciples, to the great wonder of them all.
He entered into possession of the Kingdom of Heaven which He had gained by His sufferings, and St. Paul declares that God "hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus." "There where the Head has gone, the Body is called to follow!"
It is quite wonderful to be in a country in which Ascension Thursday is still celebrated on... THURSDAY! Not only that, we had no classes today, and even the shops in Gaming were closed. Tomorrow begins the traditional novena to the Holy Spirit in imitation of the nine days that the disciples of our Lord spent in prayer between His Ascension and Pentecost - the original novena. It's rather a shame that there are so often only six days between the two great feasts these days...
This evening we had dinner at the Kartause restaurant to celebrate the feast day, and then joined a poetry reading in the ITI common room, with desserts made by one of Maria's favorite people (one of my professors). Everybody was quite impressed with Lisa's recitation of the entire Old Testament in rhyme!
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I expect Lisa will regale us upon her return home. Is her version more respectful of the original sources than what gets read to us at Mass?
That should go without saying
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