+ Today we celebrate the great solemnity of the Ascension
of the Lord. There is nothing more that Jesus can do now
among us, in his original physical existence, his course is complete, and now
it is all ready to shift into another gear. But what is clear is that he will not abandon us, he will remain in a
newer dimension for all ages until the end of time. This great new
dimension would become the Church, his Mystical Body, an alternative, but very
real and immanent Presence that would solidify and be inaugurated in 10 days’
time when the Holy Spirit would come upon
the Apostles, and they and their successors and helper priests would make
sure that Jesus is really and truly, sacramentally, present until the end of time.
As for Jesus now – he came, so
to speak, to live our life – but as
we live them imperfectly, he came to
live them perfectly. In Jesus it is
possible for us to strive for true, real, and genuine perfection. And then,
after we have cooperated with all our might, all the days of our lives, he will
share with us the fullness of his merits: newness
of life, risen life, forever in God’s heart, in God’s love.
We thank Jesus with all our
being today for showing us the most challenging pattern of all – that we must
also participate in willingly and lovingly as he did the repeated patterns of
death and resurrection, dying and rising, falling down and getting up that are
a part of the human condition. But now thanks to him death is swallowed up
ultimately, and every fall can be the opportunity for a victorious rising.
In this Coronavirus laden
world that we live in – it is super important for us to grasp the idea that on
Ascension Day, just simply left us in one dimension of his eternal existence
and reality – and that he is still WITH US during this unparalleled in modern
history chaotic and in some ways catastrophic personal, medical, financial,
economic fallout that affects us all: we simply need to SIT VERY STIII, CLOSE
OUR EYES, IN A QUIET SPACE, DIVE DEEP INSIDE OURSELVES, AND OPEN THE DOOR OF
OUR HEARTS IN DEAD SILENCE AND HE WILL COME IN AND CALM US BEYOND IMAGINING, HEAL US BEYOND OUR DREAMS, STRENGTHEN US
SPIRITUALLY, EMOTIIONALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, AND EQUIP US TO LEAD FROM OUR
ESSSENCE, OUR BEING, OUR SOUL where he lives and reigns now and forever.
There is nothing, nothing at
all that we can’t face – with God who is our ROCK, our REFUGE, and our FRIEND!
You
ascended, Jesus, to the highest heavens today, and are now the joy of the angels and saints,
you are also our hope and our goal, as well as our comforter and our friend,
but most of all you remain our Savior. And you have asked us to take this
message and your presence to the ends of
the earth and to every creature – may we be generous in our response this
day and every one hereafter: for King of
all the earth is God – and everyone needs to know this!
God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a
blare of trumpets for the Lord.
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