May 20 Sat
--- Ascension: the eagerness of our life in heaven
The Church celebrates the life that Jesus lives in heaven with his Father and in union with the Holy Spirit. The Church proclaims the glory of Christ her Head and the hope that fills the whole Mystical Body. In the mystery of the Ascension, the Church meditates on the Father's immense love for his Son: "He placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the Church. She is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way" (Eph 1:22-23).

Precisely because we are the Body of Christ, we share in the heavenly life of our Head. The Ascension of Jesus is the triumph of humanity, because humanity is united to God forever, and glorified forever in the person of the Son of God. Then, the glorious Christ will never allow Himself to be separated from His Body. We are already united to him in his heavenly life because he has gone before us as our Head. Moreover, Christ confirms our right to be with Him and from His throne of grace, He constantly infuses life – His own life – into our souls. And the instrument He uses to do this is His own glorified humanity, with which we are united by faith and the sacraments.

Not only do we –the Church– take part in the life of the glorified Head, but Christ the Head shares fully in the pilgrim life of his Body; He directs and channels her to her right end in heavenly glory. Thus, the more united we are with Christ in the mystery of his Ascension – Quae sursum sunt quaerite! (Seek what is from above!)– the more sensitive you will be to the needs of the members of Christ who struggle in faith to attain the vision of God's immutability in glory.
St John Paul II