ASCENSION OF A GLORIFIED BODY: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: ASCENSION OF OUR LORD, CYCLE B, 2021
The Solemnity of Ascension of the Lord is the feast of the Risen Christ with a glorified body taken up to heaven and now setting at the right hand of God forever. It is plain from Scripture that Jesus’ ascension was a literal, bodily return to heaven. He rose from the ground gradually and visibly, observed by many intent onlookers.