The Ascension of the Lord - A reading from The Acts of the Apostles [chapter 1]
When they had gathered together, they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority. 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.”
When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. 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.”
In today’s Gospel from Matthew[chapter 28] we read, “And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Today take a few minutes to reflect on whether you are standing looking up at the sky or reflecting the Lord to the world by your life, knowing the Lord is with you.
May God Be Praised.
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