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Related: About this forumToday is Ascension Thursday!
Today we celebrate Jesus ascending to heaven 40 days after his resurrection. Jesus was with his followers giving the the great commission and ascended into the clouds.
Happy Ascension day and Happy Easter!
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Today is Ascension Thursday! (Original Post)
hrmjustin
May 2013
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wryter2000
(46,099 posts)1. Thanks
I hate to see Easter end. It's my favorite time of the year, maybe only second to homegrown tomato season.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)2. I love it myself. I also love Advent!
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)5. You want a good song for Advent?
grantcart
(53,061 posts)3. I am still here.
So I guess that rules out THAT possibility!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. Pardon?
okasha
(11,573 posts)6. Though I don't share this belief,
I do love its depictions in art. During the Middle Ages, many works show only Jesus' feet as the rest of him disappears into the clouds. Art historians refer to the motif as "the rocketing Jesus."
cbayer
(146,218 posts)7. Lol. Was there a question about that?
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)8. It took me awhile to get it.
Yes I am slow lol.