St Leo the Great

Fr. Prior’s Homily for the Ascension Year C, Thursday 29 May 2025 Acts 1:1-11   Heb 9:24-28,10:19-23   Luke 24:46-53

According to St Leo the Great, and many other commentators, Jesus kept appearing to his disciples for forty days so that they would recognize as truly risen One whom they knew as truly born, as him who truly suffered, and truly died. “The result was that not only were they not afflicted with sadness, but were filled with great joy when the Lord went into the heights of heaven” (Sermon 73:4).