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We just celebrated the Solemnity of the Ascension. Just before ascending to the Father, Jesus gives the disciples the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature. In the Acts of the Apostles version of the Ascension, the crowd is staring up at the sky after the Lord disappears into the clouds and the two “clothed in white” challenge the awe-struck crowd to stop staring and start believing that the Lord is still

Henri Nouwen said of friendship: “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.” This definition is more in keeping with Jesus’ definition of friendship in today’s Gospel because it speaks to the sacrificial love that marks

Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. These words from Sunday’s Gospel remind us plainly that we must spend our entire life staying connected to Jesus who is the vine.