Yet He makes it clear before He ascends that He will not leave the disciples alone. He promises to send the Holy Spirit, thereby clothing them with great power to continue His work and testify to His continuing Presence in the world, even as they display it. The idea of "promise" appears more than once in the readings for today.
We can truly count on Christ, Who rose from the dead, thereby freeing us from sin and bringing us into newness of Life. We can rely on His promises to remain with us.
So like the disciples, even at His Ascension, we rejoice and praise God for what Christ has done on Earth, and will continue to do, as we wait upon Him. We marvel that Christ has made a pathway for us as humans to reach Heaven, while also continuing God's divine presence among us, so that we can experience Heaven even now.
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