The Ascension of the Lord!
May 29, 2025
The Ascension of the Lord!
Dear Family of Mary!
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord! This day the apostles stood in awe as Jesus was drawn up into heaven before their very eyes! It was a spectacular moment!! Everything Jesus had told them came true!! They witnessed it all! His public ministry in which the healings and the miracles abounded for those three years. They also witnessed Jesus’ Crucifixion and Death. They saw the cruelty and insanity of the people, they saw Jesus’ love remain victorious to the end! And after three days, they found the tomb empty, and Jesus living, before them. And finally this day came. Here is the account:
Luke 24: 46-53
Jesus said to his disciples: “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven. They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they were continually in the temple praising God. The Gospel of the Lord.
We too are witnesses of these events, through their testimony. And we believe that it is all true. Jesus has ascended into heaven! He has returned to the Father. And the promise of the Father has come upon us too! The Holy Spirit has been poured out in abundance upon us!
Each year, we live again all these wonders together in the Church. And now we have come to the beautiful nine days of prayer before Pentecost! Jesus is telling us to stay in the city until we are clothed with power from on high!! Stay in prayer. Wait in peace for the coming of the Promise! It is the Holy Spirit!!
Our Lady encourages us to pray very much during the next nine days:
June 2, 1984 “Dear children! Tonight I wish to tell you during the days of this Novena to pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on your families and on your parish. Pray, and you shall not regret it. God will give you gifts by which you will glorify Him till the end of your life on this earth. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
Let us pray and fast and wait in joy!!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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