Jesus called to those around Him to stand up, to come up to a higher place, to come up towards Him. With the Ascension, which we celebrate today, Jesus calls all of us to a higher way of life. As He rises toward heaven, he directs our minds and hearts to a heavenly future-but not just for ourselves.

Like the first disciples, we are called to look beyond their immediate surrounding and witness to a wider world. All Jesus' disciples are called to work together in harmony, to build up a more Christian world. We start at home and Church, but we have to have to look beyond to make our workplaces, schools, our world more humane, more Christian.

As St. Paul says, since we have been raised with Christ, strive for things above-set your minds on things above and not just on earthly things (Col. 3, 1-2).

Let's look up!       

Fr. Mike Ronayne