MY CATHOLIC FAITH: SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD: GO AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.

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By: Ibi Emmannuel

We celebrate today one more step in the completion of the mission of the Son of God.
The Ascension completes the mission of the Son of God, and today we honor that one definitive moment when God the Son, in His transformed and resurrected Human nature, ascends by His own power to the Father, bringing with Himself our humanity so that all humanity may ascend with Him.

As we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus, we must first see all that led up to that moment and seek to unite ourselves with all of those preceding events. Today, we must further see the invitation we are all given to ascend with Jesus to the Father. We must understand that where Jesus has gone, we are invited to follow if we only believe, embrace, and live all that took place leading up to this glorious moment.

The Ascension was the end of Jesus’ life on Earth but also the beginning of our sharing in the life of Heaven. As Jesus ascended, He commissioned His disciples to go forth and “preach the gospel to every creature.” They were to preach to all about the saving plan of God that began at the time of Adam and Eve and was completed with the Ascension.

Let us reflect today, upon our calling to not only share in this glorious moment of the Ascension of Jesus but also our calling to go forth and to do all we can to draw others into this new life. Let us also reflect upon Jesus, who also speaks to us today, inviting us to bring others to that mountain. By teaching friends, family and all with whom God has entrusted to us to share the Gospel, we fulfill Christ’s mission to “go into the whole world” to gather the scattered people into the one fold of Christ so as to ascend with Him one day into eternity.

HAPPY SOLEMNITY OF ASCENSION
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