the ascension of the lord may 16th, 2021
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ST. PETER ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH The Ascension of the Lord May 16th, 2021
Mark 16: 15-16a
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Christ Working Through Us
Before he ascended into heaven, Jesus instructed his
disciples to proclaim the Gospel to all of creation. In
the first reading, after Jesus’ ascent, the angels ask his disciples “Why do you stand here staring at the skies?”
The angels want them to look around themselves and
be assured that Christ is working through them. The
Ascension does not memorialize Christ leaving us. But instead, Christ working through us, his mystical body,
his church. As stewards of this legacy, we too are
called to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our
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Fr. Tomasz’s Weekly Reflection Today’s Gospel mentions the Ascension only in one
sentence. One verse describes one of the most profound
mysteries of our faith. Perhaps it’s because it couldn't be
expressed with words. Perhaps because Ascension is too
ineffable, it is beyond human definition. We can also get
the impression that Jesus was rushing away from this
world: the world still full of demons; still far away from
using the language of love; still full of difficult situations
every day and toxic relationships. Almost as if He was fed
up with it, and after enduring 33 years, having been
accused of blasphemy and put to a shameful death, slipped
into the bliss of Heaven, leaving us a prey to our own
harmful ideas. No, it was not an escape, but blazing a trail,
opening up a new path for us.
God did not invest in the reconstruction of a paradise on
the earth tainted by sin, but opened the way to the New
Earth and New Heaven. When Jesus ascended into
Heaven, He did not shed the skin of a human nature, but
raised it to a place neither our aspirations nor even our
imagination can reach. Jesus never spoke too much about
Heaven, not because it is an illusion, but because it cannot
be expressed. We trust in his assurances that Heaven is
available to all of us, that we can ascend to Heaven with
Him by entrusting ourselves to Him.
The word ‘heaven’ needs to be cleared of archaic
associations. Heaven is not a geographic or astronomical
place. We say it’s on high in the sense that it is unattainable
by mere mortal, but the risen Son of Man attained it and
thus made it available to all who are one with Him. Heaven
is the fullness of our friendship with God. Heaven is
already among us, as long as we live in the friendship with
Christ. However, in order to attain this Heaven on earth,
we need to learn to look at everything through the heavenly
perspective.
To look through that heavenly lens here on earth is first to
believe. Then with faith we are able to see demons to chase
them out of others rather than to accuse them because of
their experience. With faith we can speak with the pleasant
language of Heaven rather than with the vulgarity of hell.
Faith gives us the ability to rule over the serpents of evil
temptations and not be susceptible to the poison of hatred,
lying or greed. With faith Heaven becomes what it really
is: sitting at the right hand of God the Father. For what else
does it mean that Jesus is seated at the right hand of the
Father? It means the closest intimacy between the Father
and the Son. Heaven is seeing God face to face. If we can
already see God here on earth, Heaven is closer than we
think.
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