Daily Reflections by Cathy
May 14, 2026 Reflection- The Ascension of the Lord!
The Ascension of the Lord!
May 14, 2026
The Ascension of the Lord
Dear Family of Mary!
This is the Ascension of the Lord!! Alleluia!!!! Here is the Gospel for today:
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 28:16-20:
The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” The Gospel of the Lord.
The Resurrection of Jesus, and his appearances to the Apostles and Disciples after the Resurrection were not enough to completely convince them of Jesus’ return to life. They just couldn’t quite understand how Jesus could truly be with them. That is why it says in the Gospel for today, “The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.” They saw him, and they worshiped Him, but they doubted? I guess their natural senses could not quite accept the evidence that Jesus had risen. It was too much for them.
I asked Denis why they doubted!! And he said to me in a loud voice, “Because they hadn’t received the Holy Spirit yet!!!!” Ha ha!! Of course!! That is the answer.
We must be filled with the Holy Spirit in order to truly understand what God is doing in us and through us and around us! So even the Ascension wasn’t enough for the Apostles to understand that Jesus was truly alive and had just ascended into Heaven.
We need the Holy Spirit, and the next nine days will be the powerful Novena to the Holy Spirit, which the whole church will pray together. We will be praying for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon us, so that we can renew the Church and the world!!
Our Lady told us:
August 2, 2011
“Dear children; Today I call you to be born anew in prayer and through the Holy Spirit, to become a new people with my Son; a people who knows that if they have lost God, they have lost themselves; a people who knows that, with God, despite all sufferings and trials, they are secure and saved. I call you to gather into God’s family and to be strengthened with the Father’s strength. As individuals, my children, you cannot stop the evil that wants to begin to rule in this world and to destroy it. But, according to God’s will, all together, with my Son, you can change everything and heal the world. I call you to pray with all your heart for your shepherds, because my Son chose them. Thank you.”
Through the Holy Spirit, together with Jesus, we can change everything and heal the world!! Do we believe this!!! Yes we do!!!!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
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