"Had Christ remained on earth, sight would have taken the place of faith.  In heaven, there will be no faith because His followers will see; there will be no hope, because they will possess; but there will be love for love endureth forever!  His leave-taking of the earth combined the Cross and the Crown .... The Ascension took place on Mount Olivet at the base of which is  Bethany.  He led His Apostles out through Bethany, which meant passing through Gethsemane and the very spot where he He wept over Jerusalem!  Not as from a throne, but from a mountain elevated above the garden with the twisted olive trees crimsoned with His blood, did He give the final manifestation of His Divine power!  His heart was not embittered by His Cross, for the Ascension was the fruit of His Crucifixion.  As He said, it was fitting that He suffer in order to enter into His glory."  Life of Christ, Fulton J. Sheen, page 441.