Liturgy.life

Click here to subscribe

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • About
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • About

Ascension

Wait for the spirit
5 May 2024

Wait for the spirit

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: GIA Quarterly, reflections, Uncategorized | 0

Solemnity of the Ascension – May 12, 2024 We come to another symbolic number in Luke’s account. Just as Jesus was “led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days” (Lk 4:1–2) before his public ministry, so too did … Read More

Ascension
Choosing a path
15 May 2023

Choosing a path

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: Easter, GIA Quarterly, reflections | 0

The Ascension of the Lord – May 21, 2023 Today’s Gospel is filled with “in-betweens.” The disciples worshipped and doubted; Jesus stands between heaven and earth; the disciples are ordered to come to this mountain and go to the ends … Read More

Ascension
Bulletin Shorts for The Ascension of the Lord
21 May 2022

Bulletin Shorts for The Ascension of the Lord

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: Bulletin shorts, Easter | 0

The Ascension of the Lord – [Thursday, 26 May 2022 – only is some places or] Sunday, 29 May 2022 Acts 1:1-11.  Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9.  Ephesians 1:17-23.  OR Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23.  Luke 24:46-53. Befriending God.  Saint Luke addresses Theophilus … Read More

Ascension, Easter
The slow work of the Spirit
17 May 2022

The slow work of the Spirit

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: GIA Quarterly, reflections | 0

Ascension Sunday – C As a liturgical feast, the Solemnity of the Ascension is primarily the beginning of a nine-day novena in preparation for the Solemnity of Pentecost. (This is clearer in dioceses where Ascension remains on the Thursday of … Read More

Ascension
The Spirit’s Driving Wind
4 May 2021

The Spirit’s Driving Wind

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: GIA Quarterly, reflections | 0

Ascension Sunday – B Today’s Gospel passage was not Mark’s original ending. That may have been lost, or the evangelist may have indeed intended to end at verse 8 with the disciples fleeing the empty tomb in fear and remaining … Read More

Ascension, assembly
Prepare for the coming of the Holy Spirit
13 May 2020

Prepare for the coming of the Holy Spirit

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: Easter, GIA Quarterly, reflections | 0

Seventh Sunday of Easter – A – May 24, 2020 If you’re one of those lucky places in the United States that do get a Seventh Sunday of Easter, you’ll also have a chance to observe a novena in preparation … Read More

Ascension, prayer, silence
Christ comes when we least expect it
22 Jul 2019

Christ comes when we least expect it

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: GIA Quarterly, intercessions, pastoral care of the sick, reflections | 0

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time We can obviously read today’s readings with an eye toward the end times when Christ will return in glory. However, as people of faith living in the time between Christ’s Ascension and Second Coming, we … Read More

Ascension, hospitality, prayer, presence
Joyfully living the commission
15 May 2019

Joyfully living the commission

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: Easter, GIA Quarterly, reflections | 0

Ascension This Ascension, let us focus less on where Christ went and more on what Christ did. Christ entered heaven’s sanctuary that we might “have confidence of entrance . . . by the new and living way he opened for … Read More

Ascension, Dismissal, Joy, vocation
Moveable Feasts
9 May 2018

Moveable Feasts

by Diana Macalintal | posted in: Easter, liturgical year, Living Liturgy | 0

Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension, Year B About Liturgy Why do some places celebrate Ascension on Thursday while others move it to the following Sunday? The Synoptic Gospels give us the tradition of placing the Ascension forty days … Read More

Ascension, Pope Benedict XVI

Categories

Resources

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • About

Connect with me

 
Diana@Liturgy.life
Click here to subscribe

Copyright © 2025, Diana Macalintal, Liturgy.life. All rights reserved. Header photo credit: Charlie Aczon. - WordPress Theme by Kadence Themes.