What the disciples learned while grieving in ‘The Upper Room’ James F. Keenan, S.J. April 12, 2024 James Tissot, "The Appearance of Christ at the Cenacle," 1886-1894.

The room is briefly described in the Book of Luke 22:11-13, when Jesus Christ requested a large, furnished upper room where he and his disciples could eat their Passover meal.

The devotional’s name, The Upper Room, was inspired by a sermon on the story of Pentecost in Acts 1 and 2 and also refers to Jesus’s final meal with his beloved disciples.

The Upper Room as it appears in the gospels (Mark 14:15) has traditionally been associated with Mount Zion, and while there is evidence that some of the building is old enough to be a candidate ...

One of the most significant and moving moments of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a visit to the Cenacle, or Upper Room, on Mount Sion in Jerusalem, where Christ instituted the most precious gifts of ...

Waiting on God and his perfect timing gives us hope and allows us to wait with expectation of what is sure to come. When Jesus ascended up to heaven, he told his disciples to wait for the “Comforter” ...

The account of the disciples on the road to Emmaus (24:13-33) ... The Upper Room becomes a classroom. Jesus is in the professor’s chair. His 11 Apostles (minus Judas) ...

Pope Francis also spoke of how Jesus washed the feet of the disciples in the Upper Room at the last supper, offering an example of "welcoming, accepting, loving and serving one another." ...

[Jesus] gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which yoave heard me speak about.” — Acts 1:4 ...