{"id":1482,"date":"2015-05-20T08:57:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2022-06-02T10:05:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:05:21","slug":"the-ascension-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"The Ascension of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ascension. Saint Paul expresses the power of the Lord\u2019s Ascension in this manner:When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men (Eph. 4:8). Having satisfied God\u2019s righteousness, the Lord opened for us all the treasures of God\u2019s goodness. This is indeed a capturing or taking of spoils after victory. The beginning of the distribution of these spoils to people is the descent of the Holy Spirit, Who, having descended, always abides in the Church and gives everyone what he needs, receiving all from that captive captivity (cf. Eph 4:8).<\/p>\n

\"\"Come everyone and take. But prepare for yourself guardian of that treasure, which is a pure heart; have hands to take it, which is unreflecting faith. Then step forth searching hopefully, and praying relentlessly.<\/p>\n

By St. Theophan the Recluse, \u201cThoughts for Each Day of the Year\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ascension. Saint Paul expresses the power of the Lord\u2019s Ascension in this manner:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-holiday"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t