THEOLOGICAL CLUE

The Sunday after the Ascension, as the Seventh Sunday of Easter previously was designated, was known as Exaudi Sunday and served much the same function as the Seventh Sunday of Easter does today. This Sunday is a time of reflection on the glory God has given Christ by lifting him up to his right hand on the completion of his work. It is also a period of expectation for the coming of the Holy Spirit to the church and the world to empower the church to do the work of Christ. It is also the day when anticipation begins for the promised return of Christ at the end of the era. It, therefore, is a Sunday on which the church gives thanks for the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ that have been completed in his ascension, and a day of preparation for Pentecost, to…