HOMELIES DE L'ANNEE C #Solennité

Today we celebrate a great feast: the Solemnity of the Ascension. After his resurrection, we remained with Christ for 40 days before he departs from us today. He does not leave us orphans. He promises us his Spirit to continue the work he began.

Every time we gather in the Church under the impulse of the Holy Spirit, we manifest with gratitude the faith received in the Church since the day of our Baptism. In the footsteps of our Lord on this solemnity, we celebrate the mystery of his death and resurrection with the help of his Spirit.

Christ, before Pilate, calls himself King. He declares it thus because his Royalty is very special. Pilate and the rest of the Jews are incapable of perceiving that he is not there to oust the ephemeral powers of this world. Because there is no common measure between the Royalty that Christ establishes and the royalty of this world. The Royalty of Christ is not a human institution (Lk 18:36; Dn 7:14), while the kings of this world count on men to be elected; the Royalty of Christ does not need propaganda to establish itself, while that of the world passes by advertising itself like a new product on the market (because it must always want to convince beyond its true nature); the Royalty of Christ flatters no one and evolves without complacency, while that of this world has chosen to bow as a way of life even before the forces of darkness (Mt 4:8-9); the Royalty of Christ is at the service of others (especially the most humble), while that of the world often serves its own interests and commands as master (Lk 22:25); the Royalty of Christ has no mandate (Rev 1:6; Ps 93:1), while that of the world must fight to review and review again its mandate...