Readings
I - Acts 1: 1-11
II - Eph. 1: 17-23
III - Mt. 28: 16-20
ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Today the Church solemnises the ascension of the Lord that assures us of our hope in the resurrection and the life eternal. The streamline of the three readings of the day is about the promise of the Father: the Holy Spirit. The first reading says that the Holy Spirit will come upon the disciples and make them witnesses beginning from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. In the second reading, St. Paul says that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom would enlighten our hearts in the hope that we are sharers in the glory of Christ and the glorious inheritance among the saints through faith in Jesus Christ. Through our witnessing life as Jesus says in the Gospel passage we are called to make everyone the disciples of Jesus through our words, deed and very life itself.
The feast of the ascension of Jesus is celebrated as World Communication Day, established by Pope Paul VI in the year 1967. This was solely to encourage the Church to use the means of social communication for the proclamation of the Gospel message. Thank God for the availability of channels and all other social networks that constantly keep taking the message of Christ to the world. Let us also on this day allow ourselves to be enamored, enriched and empowered by the Holy Spirit so that our life itself becomes a medium of communication in the proclamation of the Gospel message: Jesus Christ. May our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Lord Jesus, fill me with your Spirit so that I become an effective messenger of the Good News”
