feastofascension Archives • Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen. – Luke 24:51-53 . . . “Through the Holy Spirit comes our restoration to paradise, our ascension into the kingdom of heaven, our return to the adoption of sons, our liberty to call God our Father, our being made partakers of the grace of Christ, our being called children of light, our sharing in eternal glory, and, in a word, our being brought into a state of all “fullness of blessing,” both in this world and in the world to come, of all the good gifts that are in store for us, by promise hereof, through faith, beholding the reflection of their grace as though they were already present, we await the full enjoyment.” – St. Basil the Great . . . #CopticOrthodox #Coptic #DailyReadings #HolySpirit #FeastOfAscension #ChildrenOfLight

Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. …