The Feast of the Ascension
The Feast of the Ascension | Stop Gazing, Start Going – Acts 1:1-11
The disciples stared at the sky. Of course they did. Their Lord had just ascended. Their eyes followed Him. The sky was the last place they saw Him.
Two angels: “Why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus will come back the same way He went.”
The question is a redirection. The looking up must give way to the going out.
St. John Chrysostom: Mark 16:20 is the charter of the Church. “They went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs.” Going. Preaching. Co-operation. Confirmation. The four elements of the Church’s existence.
The King is on the throne. Stop gazing. Start going.
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