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What is the Ascension?

Church teaching

Answered on video by Dr. Brant Pitre

Video: The Ascension of Jesus Explained | Dr. Brant Pitre, Catholic Productions, published May 27, 2019. Checked 10 October 2026. Loads from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) only when you press play. Watch on YouTube

In short: Forty days after Easter, Jesus went up to heaven, where He lives and prays for you right now. CCC 659 CCC 667

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

“The Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.” CCC 659

Having entered heaven once for all, Jesus intercedes constantly for us. CCC 667

Our words

He didn’t leave; He went ahead. Right now there’s a human body in heaven praying for you.

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How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 659, 667 (official text on vatican.va).

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