# Why Did Our Lord Ascend Into Heaven?, sermon by Fr. Paul Robinson, SSPX

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Podcast: [Sermons of Fr Paul Robinson SSPX](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sermons-of-fr-paul-robinson-sspx-1384279)
Published: 2026-05-17T00:22:35+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/frprobinson/2832055
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In today’s epistle, we have this very astonishing scene where Our Lord is speaking to the Apostles, instructing them. And then, suddenly, Our Lord starts lifting up from the earth and goes up into the heavens until He disappears in the clouds. The way it is described, it almost seems like he is in the middle of speaking to them when this happens. Whereas, the way it is described in Luke, the same author, He gives them a last blessing and then goes up to Heaven. The Apostles are not sad about Our Lord going up to Heaven. Rather, St. Luke says that they returned to Jerusalem with great joy. But I think that we ourselves want to ask Our Lord questions about what has just happened. We especially want to ask Him, “Lord, why are you leaving us? Why don’t you stay here on earth and be with us and help us? Please stay to cure our sicknesses, cast out our devils, and raise our dead.” This is an important question and we are curious to know how Our Lord would answer. We do not have an explicit answer in the Gospels but I do think that we find the answer there, if we look closely, not just one answer, but multiple ones.

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