ASCENSION SUNDAY, JUNE 1
IN HEAVEN, JESUS REIGNS FOREVER Once a family approached me for blessing because they will be transferring to another locality. I blessed them and I said I will miss them, even if I know them only by face and not on a name-basis. While I blessed them, the family members began to cry. Why the tears? Because it is always difficult to say goodbye. A temporary separation is tolerable. But a long and definitive separation is a reality hard to swallow. Life goes on but the pain lingers. Today, we celebrate the farewell of Jesus to his disciples. The time has come for Jesus to return to his Father. In the Creed we say: he ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. We can just imagine how the disciples must have felt. At the crucifixion they were crushed. Then at the resurrection they rejoiced again. Now, they cannot have Jesus forever with them. Once again he departs. But in this farewell, the disciples were no longer filled wi