May 28, 2017: Feast of the Ascension of the Lord Sunday

We have great hope in Christ because He died, rose again to New Life, and now is in Heaven, where He reigns at the right hand of God--all through the working of God's mighty power.  We have hope because of His promise that in joining with Him in dying and rising, we will one day join Him in Heaven in His Glory as God the Father works that mighty power in us.

Indeed, God is working His Mighty Power in us even now, as we live out the mission Christ gave to His Church upon His departure, to make disciples of all people, through the power of the Holy Spirit.  Since He ascended to Heaven, He no longer has a physical earthly body, but promises to be with us forever, because He grants us the Holy Spirit as His abiding presence within us.

Indeed, we are given a great mission by which we continue to know the presence of God, and continue to make Him known, as we live in the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon us.