+ On this eve day of the Ascension of the Lord, Jesus makes an emphatic statement: even though I am raised, and will soon be
ascended to my Father, I am still his “Word-made-flesh” in the world – and
always will be. And just as my audible words are not mine, but reflect the
voice of the Father speaking, so too what the Spirit speaks, when he comes, will
not be just his own thoughts and ideas, but they will be entirely and solely
mine, which are the Father’s still. This means that what the Church (who is me)
says in an official way has my very solemn and special guarantee to be the
truth of what I myself and my Father say.
All the reason in the world,
all the philosophies in the world, all the academia in the world could never
reach the conclusions that one brief moment in the super-natural level can
grasp – a moment of deep centered, contemplative union – which is available to
anyone and everyone. Now it is the lot of the human being to exist on these two
levels fully and richly: the natural and the supernatural. Both together make
for a well-balanced human being. This is why St. Paul tells the Athenians that
while they are great thinkers, and among their many gods they even leave room
for an “unknown god” who seems to be a mysterious force, possibly greater than
all the others: Paul tells them exactly who that “unknown one” is: the one God of Creation, the one God who
draws all people and even the whole cosmos to himself, the one God who needs no
sacrifices nor altars nor statues built to him; the one God who sent his own
Son into the world to confirm his reality and teachings and to open the gates
of heaven for everyone for all times.
May we enjoy life both of this
world, but deeply in the super-natural life of God himself: the triune life of
love, sacrifice and praise – especially as we live day to day, distanced, and
masked, keeping ourselves and everyone around us safe for an insidious disease
which quite frankly doesn’t care who we are, how much money we do or don’t
make, what kind of house we live in or car we drive – it will get us – if we don’t
protect others and ourselves. But knowing that GOD HIMSELF IS ALREADY ABIDING
IN OUR SOULS – and we all have one of them – I AM TELLING YOU THE THING IS HE
IS STANDING AT THE DOOR OF OUR HEARTS – WAITING FOR US TO OPEN THE DOOR – and he
will come in and we can discuss how he gives us joy even in the midst of
sorrow, hope even in the face of despair, love even in a loveless world. And
that will make all the difference in how we live each moment for the rest of
the day!
I will
ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always!
Amen.
Alleluia.
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