LEAVING THE EASTER SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE
Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi (Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ). One feast after another, like a step-by-step formula for what God intends for us, who, like the disciples after the Ascension, no longer can see Jesus in His earthly body: (1) Let the Spirit in, (2) Live mindful of our intimate connection with our Triune God and (3) Receive, become and know what we are: the Body of Christ.
Let the Spirit In
Let the Spirit enter into you. Stop dead in your tracks and breathe in the Spirit. Let God’s Spirit take root in the deepest recesses of your being.
The roses are in bloom. Who made the roses whose beauty comes before us each year? What are they here for but to drink in their beauty, their scent and turn our attention to their and our creator!
Live Mindful of Your Intimate Connection with the Triune God
In so doing, we allow our Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, to heal our wounds, remove our feelings of inadequacy and, like the disciples on Pentecost, let ourselves experience the awesomeness of God.
And there is more. God is so good to us!
Receive, become and proclaim the Body of Christ
Receive and be one with the Body of Christ, now with us in a new way. When we come to church this weekend, we will once again take and eat the Body of Christ. Like the disciples on Pentecost, may we be open to receive Jesus, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. Let His Spirit heal and transform us. And then, like the disciples, go out into our everyday lives, no longer as the ones who entered the church an hour before, but as more genuine, God-transformed persons. May we be present enough to let God in. And when we are sent forth from the church, may we let God’s love flow into the lives of the people we meet.
Conclusion
In these four feasts, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi (Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ), we get a refresher course in what should matter most to us: Our Reality in God, our Reality through God, our Reality with God – once seen here with human eyes, now seen as we look at ourselves and each other, especially when we are together at Mass, with the eyes of our faith. Oh, the wonder and the mystery of God’s willingness to share God’s very Life with us!
This year, as we celebrate these feasts, let’s stop to find Joy in what’s happening around and within us:
- joy in seeing the roses in bloom, and joy in remembering the presence of the One who made them,
- joy in the touch of the summer breeze, and joy in our taking moments to breathe in the Holy Spirit, our Intimate Connection with the Triune God, and
- joy in receiving, becoming and proclaiming our deep joy for being a part of the Body of Christ.
Sister Loretta
Post Image is an artist’s depiction of a scene from the Pentecost. It appears in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, MO. CNS photo /Crosiers