God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; a blare of trumpets for
the Lord! This is an amazing feast! The “divine giant” had completely run His course here below –
finishing the work he was given to do. He was now going to experience a glorious triumph: the fullness of joy at
his Father’s side – forever. There he would ceaselessly make intercession for
us – beginning with the apostles that he sent out – he and his Father would
bestow upon them every spiritual gift needed to do their job to bring the
gospel, to bring the Church to the world!
The reason for the heights of his great joy was the depths of His Passion and ignominious death on the cross. But he is also
exceedingly joyful that we now can share in the merits of his suffering, death
and resurrection, thus promising that what happened to him will also happen to
us. His death is our death, his
resurrection is our coming to life!
Therefore, today is also the feast of our HOPE!
St. Paul in the second reading
prays that the Ephesians may be given the
Spirit of wisdom and revelation to understand all that Jesus said and did!
This is how the apostles were armed – with heavenly wisdom and the gift of
revelation; this is how we too can be armed to do our part in helping to
evangelize the world. The apostles were sent
to teach and to baptize the whole world; we are their helpers today! May we
accept our commission and spread the HOPE, spread the JOY and spread the PEACE
of the Risen and Ascended Jesus to all we meet!
God
mounts his throne to shouts of joy; a blare of trumpets for the Lord!
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