238.
Jesus Ascends To His Father
(Location: The
Mount Of Olives, Bethany In Judea)
MARK
16:
19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into
Heaven and He sat at the right hand of God. 20 Then
the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord
worked with them and confirmed His word by the signs that
accompanied it.
LUKE
24:
44 He said to them, "This
is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be
fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the
Prophets and the Psalms." 45 Then He opened their minds so they
could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told
them, "This
is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead
on the third day,
47 and
repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in His name to
all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You
are witnesses of these things.
49 I
am going to send you what My Father has promised; but stay in the
city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
50 When
He had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, He lifted up His
hands and blessed them. 51 While He was
blessing them, He left them and was taken up into Heaven. 52 Then
they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And
they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.
ACTS
1:
1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that
Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day
He was taken up to Heaven, after giving instructions through the
Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen. 3 After
His suffering, He showed Himself to these men and gave many
convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a
period of forty days and spoke about the Kingdom of God. 4 On
one occasion, while He was eating with them, He gave them this
command: "Do
not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift My Father promised,
which you have heard Me speak about. 5 For
John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized
with the Holy Spirit."
6 So when they met together, they asked Him, "Lord,
are You at this time going to restore the Kingdom to Israel?"
7 He said to them: "It
is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by
His own authority. 8 But
you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you
will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth." 9 After
He said this, He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud
hid Him from their sight. 10 They were looking
intently up into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men
dressed in white stood beside them. 11 "Men
of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking
into the sky? This same Jesus, Who has been taken from you into
Heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into
Heaven."
12 Then
they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of
Olives, a Sabbath day's walk from the city.
This
is a Glorious Mystery of the Rosary
= The Words of Jesus
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