Reflections in my window and looking out at clouds.

                                    

                                                                    The Ascension

The ascension of Christ is his liberation from all restrictions of time and space. It does not represent his removal from the earth, but his constant presence everywhere on earth.
  During his earthly ministry he could only be in one place at a time. If he was in Jerusalem he was not in Capernaum; if he was in Capernaum he was not in Jerusalem. But now he is united with God, he is present wherever God is present; and that is everywhere. Because he is in heaven, he is everywhere on earth; because he is ascended, he is here now. In the person of the Holy Spirit he dwells in his Church, and issues forth from the deepest depths of the souls of his disciples, to bear witness to his sovereignty.                          
                                                                                                                                     William Temple  

Jesus does not return to his Father in isolation. It was the incorporeal Logos that descended among men. But today it is the Word made flesh, at the same time true God and true man, that enters the Kingdom of heaven. Jesus takes there with him the human nature in which he is clothed. He opens  the gates of the Kingdom to humanity. We take possession, in some way by anticipation, of the blessings which are offered to us and possible for us. Places are reserved for us in the Kingdom provided we continue faithful. Our presence is desired and awaited there.
  So the ascension renders the thought of heaven more present and more alive for us. Do we think enough of our permanent dwelling-place? For most Christians heaven is envisaged as a kind of postscript, and appendix to a book of which life on earth constitutes the actual text. But the contrary is true. Our earthly life is merely the preface to the book. Life in heaven will be the text - text without end.
                                                                                               A MONK OF THE EASTERN CHURCH


        Prayer to the Holy Ghost

O holy God behind the silent stone
Beneath the under and the elder fire,
Beyond the Milky Way, within the bone,
The grace desired and grace of our desire.

The night is spent; the day is near at hand.
We who have wrestled lonely with the flesh
Listen in solitude for your command,
Our fingers on the curtains, in the mesh

Of cords and concepts which your glory hide.
Come whom no word of ours can symbolise.
Let us wiring in your word abide.
Light us in every dark and make us wise,

Wise that through all the night our souls may see
The Father and the Son alive in thee.

                                                      GEORGE EVERY





We find in the Spirit unity and plurality at the same time. There is plurality in that unity and unity in that plurality. There is no uniformity. It is the fullness of the Father, of the Son and of the Spirit. Let us look at that image, that oneness in plurality. In a way we could say about God that he has to be three to be God. This image of the Trinity can be a sort of guideline in our working and praying together, that visible unity of love shining forth among us. `Oh Lord, pray for us, because we so strongly need someone to be our go-between, to bring us from this level of coexistence to a new stage of communion.`
                                                    Leon-Joseph, Cardinal Suenens

Well my brothers and sisters. My eyes have alighted on a prayer which is of great significance to me and hopefully I will get to share with you tomorrow.

Blessings peace and love to all who walk in the light. To those in the dark, I pray you awake and turn away from your wretchedness.  Brother Peter G Kimble