Friends, today we come to the wonderful Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Like the disciples in our first reading, we often want to ask the Lord, “When is all of this going to come to fruition? What’s it all about? When is all of this going to make sense?” Reasonable enough questions. And we hear the same answer: It’s not for you to worry about. Rather, get to work! In the Ascension, the Lord moves to a higher dimension and then sends the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, so that we can be empowered to do Christ’s work in the world.
Mass Readings
- Reading 1 — Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26
- Psalm — Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20
- Reading 2 — 1 Jn 4:11-16
- Gospel — Jn 17:11b-19