Saturday June 8, 2019
Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31
John 21:20-25
 
 
Just as the Lord promised the Spirit to the apostles before his Ascension—he promises the same Spirit to us! We often forget that the Spirit given to us at BAPTISM is the same Spirit given to the apostles. That "power from on high" spoken of by the prophet Joel in the Old testament is the very one that came upon the early followers of Christ. The Holy Spirit makes us strong and makes the Church invincible from the powers of hell, evil and of the world. 
 
We are all called to preach the Gospel message of Christ throughout the year, to share the message that Christ was taken to heaven to His Father’s throne, thus providing a source of unification of Him to us who remain on Earth—until we meet Him again.
 
This is now the new pathway to God not as in days of old. Christ came to earth to be with us to share our humanity so we may someday share His divinity. In due time, He will come again in the glory of the Father with His Holy Angels. He will also take our BODIES to be with Him. The FLESH IS HOLY!!! We glorify God in the word made FLESH for us! We adore in the FLESH of the EUCHARIST and in the persons of the least among the poor, the child in the womb, the prisoner, the elderly, the sick, the immigrant, the hungry and all in need of God's mercy and love. This is where we find HIM today...Do not look to the skies.....He is still among us today......I pray you find Him.....and someday He will bring all of us to be with Him in heaven. Where He has gone we hope to follow.
 
 
Christ Jesus, PRAY for us!
 
Fr. Jeff  †