[Grem] Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, today’s Gospel gives us *Mark’s very laconic account of the
Ascension: “Then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into
heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.” *We should think of it
as Jesus’ going to his heavenly place in order to reign over the earth.
Now,* don’t literalize this language*—there aren’t chairs in heaven—*but
take it very seriously indeed. What Mark is suggesting is that Jesus is now
reigning; he’s in the attitude of a king on his throne. This means that he
is directing the things of earth from his place in heaven*. Again, don’t
think of this spatially, as though heaven were a long way away*. Think of
heaven as a dimension that overlaps with earth, that impinges on earth. *
*And this is why the Ascension forces us to come to grips with a key
question: Whom do we finally obey? Whom do we finally serve? Who, finally,
is the king of our life? We legitimately obey all sorts of
figures—political, cultural, artistic, etc.—but there is always an ultimate
king, someone (or something) from which we take our definitive marching
orders.*

*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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