These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.

The Ascension of the Lord

While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. They said, “Men 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.”   (Acts 1:1-11)

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052922-ascension.cfm
Looking up in the sky isn’t wrong—but we’ve been goofing off long enough. The Lord’s given us a mission. It’s time to get moving!