May 2022: “The Ascension of Jesus" Forty days after Jesus’ resurrection, he ascended into heaven. The commemoration of Jesus’ ascension into heaven always falls on a Thursday, and this year it will be on May 26, 2022. The ascension of Jesus is described for us in Luke 24:50-53: “Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted....