Did Jesus ascend on the wrong day?

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Feast of the Ascension

If I recall correctly it’s certain dioceses of the U.S. (and maybe a few other odd places) -not the entire Latin Rite- which have transferred observance of the Ascension to the nearest Sunday. What were these bishops thinking? Not sure, but it seems they were overcome by an irresistible urge to facilitate, to accommodate. As it is written,

"Make straight in the desert a highway for our parishioners."
"…and He shall wipe away every inconvenience from their calendars."
"Keep holy the Sabbath Day (but keep the other six for Yourself)." And,
"You’re lucky if they show up once a week."

Unlike the king who ordered that His servants compel guests to come into his wedding feast -this sort of approach not being popular among the voters- many of our ecclesiastical leaders instead have boldly determined that nobody need bother coming at all, unless they can manage to show up on Sunday after the kids’ soccer game.

After all, it’s only the Lord’s Ascension into glory. We can celebrate that any time we feel like it.

Oh, one more oft-forgotten passage: "Little can be expected of him whom little is asked."

One wonders whether these same bishops would like to take their chances showing up three days late for the General Resurrection.