![]() ![]() When the priest, through the ancient gesture of extending his hands over the bread and the wine, and as the Spirit is invoked, the Spirit doesn’t come down just upon the bread and wine. Remember, we don’t just receive the Spirit at Baptism and then again at Confirmation we receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit every time we are at Mass. The use of our gifts release the power of the Spirit. On Pentecost Sunday, as we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, we call to mind the gifts of the Spirit we have received. Early Christians reinterpreted the Jewish festival as a commemoration of the coming of the Spirit. The word Pentecost, meaning 50, derives its name from the Feast of Weeks, a Jewish festival of the early harvest celebrated 50 days after Passover. Pentecost celebrates the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and upon the church. Today is Pentecost Sunday and it is the last day of the Easter Season. Thank you for your continued support of our parish family.ĭear Parishioners and Friends of Ascension, Sign up today by visiting faith.direct/NY588, or text ‘Enroll’ to (Text-to-Give Number). You can set up a recurring donation or make a one-time gift. We prayerfully request that you consider signing up for eGiving from your computer, smartphone or tablet. The need is great in our community, and your generous online gifts will help people all around us. To continue to make a difference in 2023, Roman Catholic Church of Ascension is reaching out to our parishioners.īegin the new year with eGiving to help sustain and build ministries throughout 2023 that reflect the steadfast promise of God’s love. Pope Benedict XVI is the author of Jesus of Nazareth, Vol II, Jesus of Nazareth, Vol I, Caritas in Veritate: Charity in Truth, Saved in Hope: Spe Salvi, God Is Love: Deus Caritas Est, The End of Time?: The Provocation of Talking about God, Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions, Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam, Salt of the Earth: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church at the End of the Millennium, God and the World: Believing and Living in Our Time, In the Beginning: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall, The Spirit of the Liturgy, The Ratzinger Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church, Introduction to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Introduction to Christianity, Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today, Milestones: Memoirs 1927-1977, Behold the Pierced One, and God Is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life.The new year is filled with hope and promise as we seek to grow our vital ministries, explore new ways to share the good news of Christ’s love, and reflect His care and mercy to those in need throughout the community. ![]() "The Meaning of the Ascension." from Dogma and Preaching (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2011). God has a place for man!… In God there is a place for us!…"Be consoled, flesh and blood, for in Christ you have taken possession of heaven and of God's kingdom!" (Tertullian). It meant rather his new, definitive, and irrevocable presence by participation in God's royal power. In this sense, "ascension into heaven" can be something that takes place in our everyday lives…įor the disciples, the "ascension" was not what we usually misinterpret it as being: the temporary absence of Christ from the world. And we go to heaven and enter into heaven to the extent that we go to Jesus Christ and enter into him. Thus Jesus himself is what we call "heaven" heaven is not a place but a person, the person of him in whom God and man are forever and inseparably one. Christ, the man who is in God and eternally one with God, is at the same time God's abiding openness to all human beings. The basis for this assertion is the interpenetration of humanity and divinity in the crucified and exalted man Jesus. Heaven is not a place beyond the stars, but something much greater, something that requires far more audacity to assert: Heaven means that man now has a place in God. It means that man has found an everlasting place in God. It expresses our belief that in Christ human nature, the humanity in which we all share, has entered into the inner life of God in a new and hitherto unheard of way. ![]()
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