Pope St. Leo the Great offered insight to what the truth of our faith professes:
“Throughout the whole period between the Resurrection and Ascension, God’s providence was at work to instill this one lesson into the hearts of the disciples, to set this one truth before their eyes, that our Lord Jesus Christ, who was truly born, truly suffered and truly died, should be recognized as truly risen from the dead. The blessed Apostles together with all the others had been intimidated by the catastrophe of the Cross, and their faith in the resurrection had been uncertain; but now they were so strengthened by the evident truth that when their Lord ascended into heaven, far from feeling any sadness, they were filled with great joy.”
The Gospel today speaks of two worlds; namely, the world that hates the truth and the world that lives in the life of the truth by the Holy Spirit. Choose today where you want to live. One will bring sadness and despair; the other joy and newness of life.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Wayne