The Roman Catholic Lectionary for Canada today presents the texts for the celebration of the Ascension of the Lord. This celebration is both mystical and practical. Jesus appearances to people after His Resurrection come to an end in time and He returns to the Father. The Gospel accounts from John since Easter reveal that even though Jesus is gone He remains. This is the mystical celebration which is timeless and continuous. Paul extends his hope for the Ephesians to us.
“I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, 18so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 19and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power”.( from Ephesians 1:17-23)
Paul speaks of a process of coming to know Jesus. We come to know Jesus after the Resurrection and Ascension. We come to know a Spirit of wisdom, we see with a heart that is in communion with the Body of Christ and the awesome Presence to which we are heirs reveals Itself to us.
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