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Today, Catholic Christians celebrate the feast of the Ascension of the Lord into heaven and also Mother’s Day.
And in the Gospel of Mark we have today, we read this about the Ascension:
“Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.’
“So, then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God. But they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs” (Mark 16: 15-20).
Catholic Christians focus on preaching the word of God as a missionary mandate. We don’t do snake handling or drink poison to prove the Holy Spirit is within us, though there are some branches of Protestant Christianity that have done that in the past and continue to do it even today.
Today is also Mother’s Day in Honduras, the United States, and many other nations the world. So, Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers and mothers-to-be! May God shower you and your loved ones with abundant graces all the days of your lives!
The photo above shows a mother with children who have gathered before Mass in their church of Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (Sacred Heart of Jesus) in the Curarén community of Cartagua.
