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| | Solemnity of the Lord’s Ascension HERE I AM, LORD “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations …teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” – Matthew 28:19-20 To party and outing invitations, a fast and resounding “yes” is what we hear. To spiritual activities, often we hear, “Aaaaaaah, wait. Aaaaaaah… OK!” But to this command of the Lord to go and make disciples, the usual reply is, “C’mon Lord, this is different! This is difficult to do!” The NAB Serendipity Bible asks: What holds you back from passing on the Good News to others? (a) I don’t know enough; (b) I don’t have time; (c) Others are better at it; (d) Just ignoring it. Whatever our reasons may be, we can’t escape the fact that God sends us forth. He wants us to be ambassadors of His love, joy and peace. And He knows that in our own simple way, sinful as we are, we can still be effective living witnesses to others. Start in your family, in your workplace, in your community. How? Be a good person and live a good life. Share your time and resources whenever needed. Study the Scriptures. Live God’s Word. Serve joyfully. Invite them to join you in your activities where you gain spiritual nourishment. Live simply. Love generously. 5 REFLECTION: In what ways can we fulfill the “commission” of Jesus? Here I am, Lord. Lead me that I may hold Your people in my heart and proclaim Your goodness to them. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING A number of times during His ministry, Jesus prepares His disciples for this day when He will return to His Father. I wonder what it would have been like to stand there and watch the Son of God, the Messiah, return to His rightful place? There is no doubt in my mind that I would be wondering what is going to happen next! Jesus has had a way of doing the unexpected all through the last three years of His life and there is still one more act to play in the drama – Pentecost. Acts 1:1-11 1 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught 2 until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father about which you have heard me speak; 5 for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the holy Spirit.” 6 When they had gathered together they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9 When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. 10 While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. 11 They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.” P S A L M Psalms 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 R: God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord. 1 [2] All you peoples, clap your hands, shout to God with cries of gladness, 2 [3] for the LORD, the Most High, the awesome, is the great king over all the earth. (R) 5 [6] God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy; the LORD, amid trumpet blasts. 6 [7] Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise. (R) 7 [8] For the king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise. 8 [9] God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne. (R) 2nd READING It seems a little ironic that a moment of desolation (the loss of the physical presence of the resurrected Lord) is turned into one that looks with hope to the future but this is precisely what the second reading encourages us to do. In fact, whenever we encounter difficulty or trial in our lives we ought to remember the lesson of the Ascension and believe that there is always a new Pentecost around the corner. Ephesians 1:17-23 17 Brothers and sisters: May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of him. 18 May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe, in accord with the exercise of his great might, 20 which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens, 21 far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way. G O S P E L The Ascension of Jesus into heaven is accompanied by a commissioning and empowering of the disciples. It is only after Pentecost that the disciples will truly take on their new and empowered identity as ministers of the Gospel, but we clearly see here that this is precisely the intention of Jesus in doing what he does before He departs. Let us believe that the power given to the disciples is also given to us in good measure. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Go and teach all nations, says the Lord; I am with you always, until the end of the world. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 28:16-20 16 The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. 17 When they saw him, they worshipped, but they doubted. 18 Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 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, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age .” my reflections think: Let us believe that the power given to the disciples is also given to us in good measure. God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________
T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR 2 Maccabees 1-2 SABBATH PAUSE My weekly time with God THANK YOU LIST Things to be grateful for from the past week ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL NEEDS Things to ask God for in the coming week ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ HIDDEN TREASURE Most important word God told me this week _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ | |
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| | SABBATH | THE DUMBFOUNDING EFFECT OF THE ASCENSION We who have somehow become accustomed to the ascension of Jesus into heaven tend to miss its full import or impact. After all, it comes automatically — the second Glorious Mystery naturally succeeds the resurrection of our Lord. But when you really think of it, the ascension certainly does have its “dumbfounding effect.” That was exactly the reaction of the disciples on the day Jesus ascended: “like children who have lost their parent,” as author Philip Yancey puts it. Two angels are sent as though to calm them down. They asked the obvious question, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up at the skies?” The sky was blank and empty, just as they themselves were, in their dumbfounded looks. And so we ourselves also ask, why in the first place did Jesus Christ have to ascend? Wouldn’t it have been better if He stayed on with us until now, for Him to continue guiding and assisting us? If He continued to stay here on earth, He could answer our questions, solve our doubts, mediate our disputes of doctrine and policy. Why did Jesus leave us alone to fight the battles? How can it be good that He went away? But our Lord did prepare us for His departure, at least. It’s enough to go through His Farewell Discourse at the Last Supper for us to understand the necessity of His going back to the Father, as He justified it. And now we also realize the necessity of our “taking over” Him in some strange way. For indeed, we now are the “extensions” of Christ. In His lifetime here on earth, Jesus brought healing and the Good News to a few (come to think of it). We now can bring those to more people. This is precisely the so-called Great Commission of our Gospel today. Hopefully, we now will not be dumbfounded anymore with this, and indeed face up to Jesus’ challenge.Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB Reflection Question: When somebody leaves you behind, do you fear being alone? May Your ascension, Lord Jesus, give me courage to go on and believe in the power of God to do what is impossible for man. St. Waccar, pray for us. | |
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