The Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 (Year A)
The Ascension of the Lord, as described in the Scriptures, marks an ending. At the same time, it proclaims a beginning, a future called to confident expectation.
“When Jesus had been at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised.” The Apostles were to wait in Jerusalem, to open their lives to the Lord’s promise. The Church in every generation is likewise called to wait upon the Lord, to believe that his promise is to be fulfilled in their own time. “It is what you have heard me speak about: John was baptised with water but you, not many days from now, will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.”
