Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord - 9 May 2013
![Image](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJlZuRM1UkQRCbg4ydL4jbveivKGQ-kN4Xtu_dlaW_UJcNBwyQxV5xTIngC7yoco_b0Ud5HWLJ0DVSOXLYNvAT0Qzma17IN0r_olMCVLxnQQtUj9BgcJITxPf7QczHYRmcG1c7uh_S5nF/s320/Ascension.jpg)
The Ascension of Our Lord, 9 May 2013 Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Or Psalm 93 Ephesians 1:15-23 St. Luke 24:44-53 Background: The Feast of the Ascension Celebrated forty days following Easter, this feast actually might be quite ancient. The first mention of the feast is made in the fifth century, and it is mentioned by St. Augustine as a feast of “apostolic” origin. Egeria mentions the feast in her writings from the mid-fourth century, and comments on a vigil as well. She witnessed the ceremonial in Bethlehem. There is some evidence that this feast was connected either with the Easter Feast itself, or with Pentecost (which would account for the Vigil). The Council of Elvira (ca. 300 CE) condemned the practice of the feast in that it was being confused with the Pentecost feast. There are customs that are related to the Ascension feast, namely the observ