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The Ascension of the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChrist\u2019s Ascension means \u2026 that He belongs entirely to God. He, the Eternal Son, led our human existence into God\u2019s presence, taking with Him flesh and blood in a transfigured form. The human being finds room in God; through Christ, the human being was introduced into the very life of God.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pope Benedict XVI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”542 The lifting up of Jesus on the cross signifies and announces his lifting up by his Ascension into heaven, and indeed begins it. Jesus Christ, the one priest of the new and eternal Covenant, “entered, not into a sanctuary made by human hands. . . but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.”543 There Christ permanently exercises his priesthood, for he “always lives to make intercession” for “those who draw near to God through him”.544 As “high priest of the good things to come” he is the center and the principal actor of the liturgy that honors the Father in heaven. CCC 662<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince the Ascension God\u2019s plan has entered into its fulfillment. We are already at \u2018the last hour\u2019. \u2018Already the final age of the world is with us, and the renewal of the world is irrevocably under way; it is even now anticipated in a certain real way, for the Church on earth is endowed already with a sanctity that is real but imperfect\u2019 \u201d CCC 670<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St. Therese of Lisieux<\/strong> says \u201cOur Lord does not come down from heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to him\u2014the heaven of our souls, created in his image, the living temples of the adorable Trinity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Thomas More<\/strong>: \u201cEarth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Jean Vianney says<\/strong> \u201cO my dear parishioners, let us endeavor to get to heaven ! There we shall see God. How happy we shall feel! If the parish is converted we shall go there in procession with the parish priest at the head We must get to heaven ! \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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