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They were looking up<\/strong> at the sky<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. They said, \u2018Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven\u2019\u201d ( Acts 1:1-11 )<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven; let our hearts ascend with him. Listen to the words of the Apostle: If you have risen with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God; seek the things that are above, not the things that are on earth.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Augustine<\/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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