On this last Sunday of Eastertide before Pentecost, we reach the climax of the Last Discourse of Jesus, given in St. John’s Gospel. This is the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus: Chapter 17. This year we read the central section of this prayer, which is concerned above all with the 11 disciples sitting there with Jesus at the Last Supper.
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Ascension Day, 26 May 2022
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Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, the Solemnity of the Ascension Year C, 30 May 2019
St. Luke gives us two accounts of the Ascension: one at the end of his Gospel, and one at the beginning of Acts. The account of the Ascension in Acts parallels rather closely St. Luke’s account of Easter Morning at the empty tomb. That is: in both of these accounts, Angelic messengers speak to disciples who are…