Our Return Ticket
Last Sunday we celebrated the joyful feast of the Ascension, Jesus’ homecoming to the Father; a great feast of HOPE. He left us, not as orphans, but promising to be with us to the end of time and to continue to work with us through the Holy Spirit. Hope stretches us beyond what we can see or feel, and our faith assures us that where Jesus now is, one day we hope to follow. If we take time to be still and quieten our hearts of all the fleeting, dizzying attractions the world offers, we soon discover, like St. Augustine, that our hearts will be restless until we rest in Him. Yes, we are wired for eternity. Our hearts will live for ever and ever. Heaven is our Homeland. It’s as if we all come into the world with a return ticket . Like Jesus, we have come from the Father and we are returning to Him, no matter how long or how many twists and turns on our life’s journey... I find that the elderly help us to reclaim this focus, readjust our radar, as it were. The lure