Being Jesus
the Ascension of the Lord
Announcements for May 28, 2022:
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Our own Deacon Wade Trainor will be ordained a priest today! The Mass of Ordination will be at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, and streamed live at 10:30am.
Father Wade Trainor’s first Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving will be tomorrow, May 29th, at 11:00am! A potluck reception will follow in the school gym.
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Dear Saints,
Jesus’ Ascension into heaven - which we celebrate this Sunday - means he has entered earth’s control room. It is from heaven that Jesus sends the Holy Spirit -- that he inspires (breathes into!) and animates the lives of his faithful followers.
Another way of saying this, following Saint Paul, is that Jesus is the head of the body, the Church. Being his body, you should imagine, has massive significance for our lives:
We are called, individually and corporately, to be Jesus in the world.
The mission of Jesus - his continuing 2,000-year campaign to bring heaven to earth - is our mission.
Our lives are eternally meaningful only inasmuch as we, trusting and following Jesus, give ourselves over totally to God and his purposes.
What we ask for in prayer, when we are totally given over to God's mission, is always given.
I’m getting ahead of myself just a bit here. We've still got a week (by the liturgical calendar) to wait for the Spirit. In this period before Pentecost, it's ours to join the disciples in nine days (minus a couple) of prayer, observing the Church’s first novena. As the Apostles were gathered together after Jesus’ Ascension they prayed fervently in preparation to be clothed with power from on high.
Join with me in prayer, that with a fresh outpouring of his Spirit God will enkindle our hearts anew that we might bring the fire of his love to everyone we encounter!
In the Love and Life of our Risen Lord,
Father Daniel
δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ
Preparing for Mass?
Check out this weekend's readings:
The Ascension of the Lord
"The Ascension and Pentecost"
Depicted in Somme Le Roi, ca.1300