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TODAY’S LITURGY – ASCENSION SUNDAY - YEAR C
2 June 2019
Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
Reflections on the Gospel (Luke 24: 46-53)
JESUS ASCENDS TO THE FATHER
Jesus has made his risen presence known to those who are become his key witnesses. Now St Luke’s Gospel depicts him making an ascent to heaven like that of the prophet Elijah in 2 Kings 2: 1-18. As Elijah had promised his disciples Elisha a double share of his own prophetic spirit, so Jesus promises his disciples that they should wait in Jerusalem to be ‘clothed with power from on high’. This promise of the Spirit, to be realised at Pentecost, ensures the continuity between his ministry, empowered by the Spirit (Luke 3:22; 4: 14, 18), and that of the Church that will carry it on.
Beyond this, the feast of the Ascension celebrates the risen Lord’s exaltation to God’s right hand – whence, through the power of the Spirit, he will continue his messianic subjugation of all powers hostile to God and return of the entire cosmos to the rule of God (1 Cor 15: 22-28; Phil 2:9-11).
The full realisation of this program remains an act of hope, as we know all too well. But Jesus’ paschal victory has dealt the forces hostile to God a fatal blow. As the Church, empowered by his Spirit, carries on his messianic work, the Ascension assures her that in all her labour and suffering, the risen Lord stands at the right hand of God, interceding on behalf of all.
So the Ascension is not just something that happened to Jesus: it is the feast that celebrates the hope that his triumph will ultimately be ours as well.
Brendan Byrne, SJ
Ascension Song - Acts 1 verse 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPvSLXzNlBM
Ascension Day HD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmE4uon5OBk
JESUS ASCENDS TO THE FATHER