The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord – Thursday 29 May 2025

The Feast Of The Ascension Of Our Lord   

Ascension Day, set between Easter and Pentecost, is a major Feast or Solemnity within the Church year.
It is the day on which we commemorate the Ascension of Jesus into heaven and his departure from his disciples.

The story is told in St Luke’s Gospel (Luke 24.44-53), where Jesus withdraws from the disciples,
blesses them and is carried up into heaven.
The disciples then worship Jesus and ‘return to Jerusalem with great joy.’

Join us at 12noon for our Holy Communion Service – all are welcome 

Collect

Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that as we believe your only-begotten Son
our Lord Jesus Christ
to have ascended into the heavens,
so we in heart and mind may also ascend
and with him continually dwell;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.