This reflection for the Ascension of the Lord traces the astonishing claim at the heart of this solemnity: that when Christ ascended, our human nature went with Him into the presence of the Father. Drawing on Saint Leo the Great's Ascension sermons, among the finest in the tradition, the reflection moves through the disciples' gaze heavenward, the angels' pointed question, and the Great Commission of Mark's Gospel to arrive at the Collect's quiet petition: that those who believe in the Ascension may themselves dwell in spirit amid heavenly things. The visible gives way to something deeper, and that is not loss but gift.

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