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Ascension Sunday: The Relationship Between Heaven and Earth

May 17, 2015

We tend to read the Ascension along enlightenment lines, as if Christ has gone to a distant, irrelevant place. The reality point is this: Jesus, in ascending into heaven, has not gone “up, up, and away.” Rather, he has gone to heaven to direct operations more fully here on earth.  Jesus has not abandoned earth, but rather, he intends to return in order to bring about the full reconciliation of heaven and earth. In the mean time, he has commissioned his follows to begin that work now… within the Church. 

Mass Readings

Reading 1 – Acts 1:1-11
Psalm – Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
Reading 2 – Ephesians 1:17-23
Gospel – Mark 16:15-20