With this celebration of the Ascension, we do not celebrate His absence but his entrance into the depths of reality, the truest experiences we have.
Category: Easter (C)
An Infinite Horizon
6th Sunday of Easter (C) – May 22, 2022 St. Paul – Lyons, KS Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23; John 14:23-29…… Read more “An Infinite Horizon”
Surviving the Great Distress
What are we to do when we run up against circumstances we never thought possible?
The Apathy That Threatens the Newness
Peter had seen the risen Jesus, and even he fell into an apathy that threatened to rob him of the newness promised through Jesus’ resurrection. That remains for us even to this day. But thanks be to God that we have been given the gift of His continued presence.
Believing Without Seeing
We are in no worse position than the disciples. We can entrust our lives to him we have never seen, if only we can recognize how his presence remains even to this day.
We don’t need a lot, but we need his presence.
The real question is, “Do we seek his presence?” And, “Is the sense and awareness of his presence the most determining aspect of our life?” Because deep down we need this presence! We don’t need a lot, but we need his presence. And with Pentecost, his promise is fulfilled: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” The risen Lord is among us. Alive! Here.
No necesitamos mucho, pero necesitamos su presencia.
La pregunta real es: “¿Buscamos su presencia?” Y: “¿Es el sentido y la conciencia de su presencia el aspecto más determinante de nuestra vida?” ¡Porque en el fondo necesitamos esta presencia! No necesitamos mucho, pero necesitamos su presencia. Y con Pentecostés, su promesa se cumple: “Yo estoy con ustedes todos los días, hasta el fin del mundo.” El Señor resucitado está entre nosotros. ¡Viva! Aquí.
So That Man Might Become God
This was Jesus’s mission. Not to make the world a better place, not to eliminate suffering, not to do any of that! No. Jesus became man so that man might become God, so that we might enter into the life of the Trinity, so that the deepest needs and desires of our heart might be fulfilled.
Para Hacernos Dios
Esta fue la misión de Jesús. Su misión no era hacer del mundo un lugar mejor, no eliminar el sufrimiento, ¡no hacer nada de eso! No. El hijo de Dios se hizo un hombre para hacernos Dios, para que podamos entrar en la vida de la Trinidad, para que se cumplan las necesidades y deseos más profundos de nuestro corazón. Cuando Cristo ascendió a los cielos, no solo se fue.
Peace: To Love and Be Loved
As a result of God’s love for us there is an outpouring of peace, a peace which the world cannot give to us, a peace that we cannot create for ourselves.
The Beggar 