We sit with the Ascension story and the startling question the angels ask, then we let it expose where we freeze, delay, or get too comfortable in our faith. We talk about Christ becoming more available after the Ascension, why the Holy Spirit is essential for real change, and how mission starts the moment we leave Mass.
• the forty days after Easter as disorienting and healing
• the apostles frozen on the Mount of Olives
• “Why are you standing there looking at the sky?” as a wake up call
• spiritual paralysis through comfort, complacency, and excuses
• the “not yet” trap and why love compels change
• the Ascension as Christ becoming more present, not less
• knowing the Trinity and relying on the Holy Spirit over willpower
• a simple “Come, Holy Spirit” practice in real conflict
• redeemed humanity, body and soul, revealed in the Ascension
• moving from spectator to witness through integrity and faith conversations
I would challenge you this week, talk to someone instead of just frivolous conversation or sit down and start talking about Sunday homily or a passage you just read or something, but make it faith-based where the two of you, three of you, are all of a sudden out of nowhere, just start talking about your faith.

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