
With Christ’s Ascension, We Must offer Him the Kingly Honor He Refused on Earth
(Fall-Winter, 2005)A Sermon for the Feast of the Ascension Delivered by the Very Rev. Fr. M. Casimir Puskorius, CMRI In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. My dear parishioners, this feast of the Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven is one of the feasts of His Kingship. Our Lord was always a King. Even before He assumed our human nature He was always the Lord and King of creation. When He was conceived by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary, He was the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. But we see thus far in His life Christ makes no effort whatsoever to seek the honor that was His due. As a matter of fact, one time in His public life after He had worked a miracle, the people were so thrilled and so grateful