Ascension Thursday 2013
We believe that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, by His own power, ascended into Heaven forty days after His resurrection from the dead.  It is because of this belief that we gather today.  The angels assure us that Christ will return from the East, just as He was seen going up.  On this day Our Lord led all those saints and patriarchs of the Old Testament, who waited for so long in captivity, into their glorious abode.  The Paschal Candle, which represents the physical presence of Christ, is extinguished after the Gospel and is now taken away.  Just as He prayed for His followers on the day He ascended, He also prays that the love of the Holy Trinity may remain always within our souls.
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