This Solemnity asks us to Rise! Get up! Be empowered to be a light to the world!
And, to do so, we ask ourselves, “What does ascending mean after these past two years of global, national, and individual suffering?” “How can we rise up to meet the challenges of today?” “Do we situate our gaze on a future of joy and restoration, or do we live in the pain and worry of the past?”
Ascending to the demands of today is hard work because it is unknown. We have to be vulnerable and admit that we are broken. Ascending is not rising above, it is rising with. Rising with the memory of pain and death, the memory of betrayal and sadness, but also with the glory and the hope that comes in the morning.
On this Solemnity we celebrate that Jesus is lifted, raised up, exalted and glorified. And, so will we! Amen! Amen! Amen!
--Stephanie Boccuzzi
Image source: Nikolai Ge, Harbingers of the Resurrection (1867), detail, https://www.wikiart.org/en/nikolai-ge/harbingers-of-the-resurrection-1
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