FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD
Today, ASCENSION Sunday, we commemorate the end of the Lord’s public ministry in this world. “Mission accomplished,” Jesus would say. It does not mean that he is no longer with us or went into “retirement.” The evangelist Matthew writes Jesus’ declaration: “I am with you always until the end of the world.”
Jesus has gone up to heaven but, in another sense, he is still with us in the celebration of the Holy Mass.
FINAL DESTINATION. Our Lord’s Ascension teaches us that our final destination is not in this world but in the next life. Moreover, the Lord said there will be surprises: “There are those who are first now will be last and those last now who will be first” (Mk 10,31).