“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.”
For many, the Feast of the Ascension is moved to be celebrated on Sunday rather than the prior Thursday. These precious words of the Resurrected Jesus recorded in the first reading from the first chapter of Acts are the final commissioning given to his disciples before he ascended to heaven. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses.” How are these words of Jesus meant for you?
Petition:
That, empowered by the Holy Spirit, we may be faithful witnesses to the saving love and unrelenting mercy of Jesus, we pray….