CDM Parish Bulletin_Vol2013.18
If you had looked at your diary last Thursday – that’d be 40 days after Jesus Christ rose from the dead on Easter – you might’ve seen a heading “Ascension Day”, or you might not have it at all because this day is one of the neglected feast days of the Christian calendar. Forgetting the commemoration is already a sad fact but in overlooking this day, the opportunity is lost for reflecting on the message of the Ascension of the Lord. If we gloss over its truth we deprive ourselves of a most essential testament, for without this, the sacrifices and effort of Christ would be incomplete. On this day, it celebrates His redemption – His rise into Heaven by His own power, and with showing us where He has gone, we hope to someday follow. Since it is always on a weekday, it is also a constant reminder that practicing the faith fully isn’t something only for Sundays, it is an experience for every day. The Feast day marks the beginning of the first Novena.
