The Solemnity of Ascension of the Lord is the feast of the Risen Christ with a glorified body taken up to heaven and now setting at the right hand of God forever. It is plain from Scripture that Jesus’ ascension was a literal, bodily return to heaven. He rose from the ground gradually and visibly, observed by many intent onlookers.
God is love is the greatest single statement about God in the whole Bible. There is no doubt that love is the essence of the Christian faith and life. For God is love, we are called to live in love as Christians. This life of love is not how we love, but how Jesus loves us. Our love is imperfect and erroneous but God´s love is perfect.
The first and most basic characteristic of the early Christians and Christian community is abiding in Christ by a spirit-filled life. Their actions, words and thoughts were guided under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Hence, their testimony to Christ was alive, active and meaningful because of their abiding in Christ.
The Resurrected Christ is the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for his sheep. The concept of the Good Shepherd is one of the most beautiful titles of Jesus Christ in the Bible. It reminds us of a God-man who is loving, caring, tender, and empathetic with us.
Indeed, Easter is joyful, hopeful. Peaceful, and graceful feast of our eternal victory in Christ Jesus. Yet, it presents us with an everlasting challenge of what kind of life, we live on, in Christ Jesus. Spiritual life in the imitation of Christ and testimonial life before our brothers and sisters in the Christian community. This is the sign of our redeemable life in Christ Jesus.
The resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ opens up to us the fountain of unfathomable mercy of God. The Divine Unfathomable Mercy of God is the Easter gift that the Church receives from the Risen Christ and offers to humanity.
Alleluia! Alleluia!! Alleluia!!! He is Risen !The Resurrected Christ conquers for us, sins, guilt, shame, and death, as well as evil, evil spirits, demons and Satan.
The Broken Christ or as it is known in México “Cristo Roto” may not have liturgical, doctrinal or biblical teaching but a strong spirituality of seeing and treating our brokenness and that of our brothers and sisters in the Broken Christ.
FORGIVENESS SETS US FREE FROM BEING PRISONER OF THE OFFENDER AS WELL AS PRISONERS OF UNHAPPINESS. IT IS NOT A SIGN OF WEAKNESS BUT STRENGTH TO FORGIVE.
Love and sacrifice are the fundamental principles of the redemption story. Love gives all without reservation. While sacrifice endures all for the sake of love. Both are a form of complete or total self-giving, self-donating, or self-emptying.