the gifts of bread and wine are brought forward,. Elements that are simply flour and water and grape. Now the Eucharistic Prayer is prayed and the bread and wine are changed. Now the whole and entire reality of Christ is present to His Church. He is there under the appearances of what was once bread and wine. The fullness of God’s only son is at home in our world of sign and symbol.

Ascension
Most people think of the Ascension of Jesus as being a ‘departure’ moment. Jesus was here and now he is gone. We imagine Jesus going up into the clouds and the disciples waving farewell from below.
This is an unhelpful image.
It is essential that we understand what does happen and what does not happen in the Ascension event.
It would be easy to wrongly think that in his ministry showed us how to build the city of God on earth, and now he has gone and the mission is left to us.
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