TAKEN UP (-05-13-10)

Solemnity of the Ascension

Acts 1:11
They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”
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Jesus is not just a friend. He is our Master, our Lord, our Savior, our God. He is our best friend. For the disciples, they would feel the same grief and sadness as we say goodbye to our friends.

They are saying goodbye to a friend and master. But Jesus told them not to be troubled, for He is sending the Holy Spirit who would be forever with them, forever with us until He returns back again to claim us and bring us to eternal life.

When Jesus went up to Heaven, he didn't go to a far place. Heaven is where Jesus is. If Jesus is in you, the whole Heaven is in your heart, right now, including the Father and the Holy Spirit, and the Blessed mother, and all the angels and saints… because where Jesus is, there is the Father and the Spirit, and where Jesus is, there is the Blessed Mother and all the angels and saints.

The joy the disciples had after the Ascension should be the same joy that shall make us worship Him continually and to preach everywhere, without any fear, the good news of the Lord.

This joy is for you and for me, only if we believe, because there is more joy and happiness on those who have not seen and yet have come to believe. Jesus came and went back to the Father, but He will not leave us. Seek Him always through the guidance of the Spirit.

He is with us, forever. We will be with Him, forever.

Let us pray +

Almighty Father, make us joyful in the ascension of your Son Jesus Christ. May we follow Him into the new creation, for His ascension is our glory and our hope. Where He has gone, we ultimately will come. Amen+

God mounts his throne to shouts of joy…