Christ’s Ascension into Heaven which the Church commemorates this week is recorded
in the Acts of the Apostles. It took place 40 days after the resurrection and celebrates
the reality of Christ’s return to the Father before the Second Coming.
But
how can we explain this biblical event and what is its main importance and symbolism?
Susy Hodges spoke to Father Luke Buckles, a Dominican priest and professor at Rome’s
Pontifical Angelicum University to find out more.
Father Buckles describes
the Ascension as something beyond our human understanding and "a new astonishing
event in human salvation history." Christ, he said, is in Heaven "as our hope and
our future."
Listen to the full interview by Susy Hodges with Father Luke
Buckles: