The Ascension: Cosmic Reality Reduced to Sentimental Humanism
NCRegister portal commentary by Matthew Becklo (May 14, 2026) presents a reflection on the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, attempting to highlight its theological significance. While the article correctly identifies the Ascension as the complementary movement to the Incarnation — “earth ascends to heaven” — it ultimately collapses this supreme mystery into a framework of naturalistic humanism, stripping it of its properly supernatural, sacrificial, and ecclesiological dimensions. The author’s analysis, though rhetorically polished, reveals the theological poverty of post-conciliar catechesis, wherein the cosmic and liturgical reality of Christ’s kingship is replaced by sentimental appeals to human dignity and emotional consolation.









