09-05-24 Terbang Tinggi, Kabar Baik Menggema: Misi Murid-Murid Yesus Setelah Kenaikan

The Ascension of Our Lord "Mk 16:15-20" And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation...And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. He told them to "go" and they went: "they went forth and preached everywhere." They split and went to different cities, different countries, different continents... they learned different languages, travelled by land, on horseback, on foot or by sea to reach as many destinations as they could. In some places they were listened to; in others they were laughed at, taken for fools, insulted or stoned; when they were cast out of one city they went forth to the next. Jesus told them to "go" and so off they went. Jesus had sent His disciples in pairs to many places previously, to tell everyone that the Kingdom of God was near. But they couldn't say much more. When they were asked if Jesus was the Messiah, they probably said "We think so." The news was still incomplete. But now they could go and spread the Good News. Good News? What 'Good News'? That Jesus had died for them on the Cross, that He died but wasn't dead anymore, that He rose from the dead, that their sins had been washed away with His Precious Blood, that Heaven was open now, that God loved them so much that He gave up His Son for them; that He promised His grace to anyone who asked for it. That God was in Heaven but also here, in the shape of Bread to meet them; that He wanted to talk to them, to converse with them, to live with them... in them! That they were free now; that God wasn't just their Creator... He was their Father! And to tell them that He was waiting for their reply. They went forth and never stopped until they were killed. But many others followed them; and the more they killed, the more people 'went forth' to preach in other places that God is madly in love with them and He is still there... waiting for each of them to give an answer. Lord, I have given You my answer. Now I need Your grace and the intercession of my Mother, Queen of Apostles, to go to those I can reach out to and tell them the 'Good News'.