The Ascension

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The Ascension
Topic Started: Thursday, 16. April 2009, 18:14 (53 Views)
KatyA	Thursday, 16. April 2009, 18:14 Post #1
Administrator Posts: 5,407 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	A friend of my son's has just asked what is the significance of the "forty days" between Easter and Ascension Thursday - and I had to confess either I don't know, or I've forgotten. Can anyone help? KatyA



OsullivanB	Wednesday, 20. May 2009, 22:58 Post #2
Posts: 2,196 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	Acts 1:3 ...he presented himself alive after his passion...appearing to them during forty days...



KatyA	Thursday, 21. May 2009, 12:18 Post #3
Administrator Posts: 5,407 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	Thank you for that OsB, when the opportunity presents I will pass that on. I think he was interested in the significance of 40 days - as in the 40 days of Lent - and he had already made the connection with the 40 days in the desert, so he'd obviously been giving the matter some thought. (So far as I am aware, this friend of my son is an atheist) KatyA



KatyA	Thursday, 21. May 2009, 12:27 Post #4
Administrator Posts: 5,407 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	Apparently, we should all eat Ascension Pancakes today Quote: For breakfast this morning we had "Ascension pancakes": the pancake represents the earth that Jesus walked on, strawberries represent the blood he shed on the earth for our sins, and whipped cream represents the clouds into which he ascended. The Guéranger Blog Elsewhere on the same blog I read Quote: Dom Gueranger describes a charming ritual that used to be performed on the feast of the Ascension. The Easter candle was lit for all the liturgies during the Easter season, but after the reading of the Gospel (which closes with mention of the ascension), an acolyte would blow out the Easter candle. Admittedly, this is not a day for sadness, but still there is something to the idea that Christ has left us. The bridegroom is no longer with us, to borrow His own words. Does that still happen? I can't recall having seen it done. Happy Ascension Day everyone



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