Monday of 7th Week in Easter The Cross and the Disciple Introduction As Christians baptized in the name of Christ, we have received the Holy Spirit of fortitude. With his help, we should be able to give a place to pain and suffering in our lives. It is part anyway of all human […]
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Reflection: Luke 24:46-53 Each Sunday we profess through the Creed, “He ascended into Heaven.” Ascension is the grand finale of all Jesus’ words and works done for us and for our salvation. It is a culmination, but not the conclusion. As Jesus is now with God in glory, so Jesus is with us now in […]
THE LORD’S ASCENSION An End and a New Beginning Jesus had gone ahead of us and shown us the way in his preaching and the way he lived: this is what should inspire us, this is how we should live, like Jesus. In his death he showed us the way of faithful love. He […]
THE LORD’S ASCENSION Glorious, Yet Still with Us An End and a New Beginning Note. We follow the complete set of readings for the Year C as given in the new edition of the Lectionary of 1981. The first reading remains the same in all years. Greeting The Risen Lord Jesus now lives […]
Reflection: Jn 16:23-28 Today Jesus makes a solemn promise that whatever his disciples ask the Father in Jesus’ name will be given to them. What does “in my name” mean? It is a new element which Jesus reveals at the Ascension. Pope Francis reflects that, “Jesus, as he moves to his Father, left the door […]