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DESCRIPTION:As has become custom\, the communities of Christ Church Cathedr
 al and the Church of St John the Divine once again join forces to celebrat
 e the Feast of the Ascension with a Choral Eucharist featuring choirs from
  both churches.\nWhat is the Ascension?\nForty days after Easter\, Christi
 ans celebrate Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven. According to Acts 1
 \, Jesus tells the disciples “to remain in Jerusalem and await the comin
 g of the Holy Spirit\;” he is then taken up from the disciples in their 
 sight\, a cloud hides him from view\, and two men in white appear to tell 
 them that he will return in the same way they have seen him go into heaven
 .\nIn contemporary theology\, this moment is a kind of “inversion” of 
 the Christmas story. Christmas teaches us that God is with us here on eart
 h. The Ascension teaches us that we are also with God “in heaven.” In 
 other words\, if Christmas brings divinity to humanity\, the Ascension bri
 ng humanity to divinity. And if that is the case\, then we are in a very g
 ood position indeed to accomplish Christ’s objectives for the world.
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LOCATION:Christ Church Cathedral
SUMMARY:Ascension Service
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/events/ascension-serv
 ice/2026-05-14
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