Ascension

Jesus Leaves Earth and Leaves Care to Us

  

Traditionally Ascension was celebrated on a Thursday,

40 days after Easter.

Many places today we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus

on a Sunday when the faith community gathers.

Ascension  Reading

Matthew 28:16-20

Source: The Voice

The eleven disciples headed to Galilee, to the mountain where they were to meet Jesus.  When the disciples saw Jesus there, many of them fell down and worshiped, as Mary and the other Mary had done.  But a few hung back.  They were not sure.  Jesus came forward and addressed his beloved disciples.

“I am here speaking with all the authority of God,

Who has commanded me to give you this commission:

Go out and make disciples in all the nations…

And I will be with you, day after day,

To the end of the age.”

Called To Discipleship

We are today in the midst of a Global Pandemic. Our discipleship includes working to see the deeper invitation that the pandemic is providing. How might we be conscious of the transformation occurring in ourselves, our communities, the nation, and the global community as we live through this time? We have been sent to all the nations. What does our discipleship look like during this New Reality?

Let us go forward to tenderly care for all that has been bequeathed to us.  We do so remembering the promise of the Beloved: “I will be with you, day after day, to the end of the age.