"This is eternal life, that they know the Father the only true God"

The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

Scripture: John 17:1-11 [alternate reading for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord: Matthew 28:16-20]

The Ascension of Jesus Christ marked the end of Christ's earthly existence and the beginning of a new period of time, one in which Christ's relationship with the Church is not restricted by the boundaries of time and space. Christ is now available to all people all of the time through the work of the Holy Spirit.