At night time it is possible to ponder the stars and to be amazed by the immense beauty of creation. We can sit back and contemplate the light that is received. Yet scientists would tell us that this light that we see now actually puts us in touch with a history which has since passed, It is the paradox that we can present to a history which is alive and active in our present. This is actually the reality that we experience in the story of the ascension. It is a historical event which touches us deeply in the present. It would be easy to become paralyzed by this very realization much as the disciples were. They became present to the resurrected Christ but wanted to pin him down to a certain point in history whereas his mission was for all ages. The light he shines on the heart of creation reaches out to the cosmos. We are called to be in touch with his creative life which transforms our own. It calls us to become those pinpricks of light which are called to bring beauty and life to our world. We are called to radiate and magnify that life to others. We are called to be a people on mission who proclaim the Good News to our world by the lives we live.
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