WITH YOU ALWAYS (06-05-11)

Solemnity of the Ascension

Matthew 28:20b
“And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
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I still remember the song we sung during our high school graduation – “Farewell to you my friend, we’ll see each other again, don’t worry cause it’s not the end of everything. We may be miles away, but here is where my heart will stay, with you, my friend with you.” It was such a beautiful song with a beautiful message, that for friends, distance is nothing and being separated is not really the end of everything. All the memories will forever be in our hearts, for us to retrieve, at an instant, in the future.

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.

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.

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: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.