Remembering

Acts 1:1-14: This is the scripture for the Ascenscion of Christ, which this year falls on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. It leads us to ask: how do we remember those who have sacrificed for us?
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, allowed himself to be crucified for us. Then God raised him from the dead to prove that death does not have the last word. But the risen Christ told his disciples not to hold on to him, that he had to ascend back to God in heaven. This was not happy news for the disciples, who wanted Jesus to stay and make everything the way it was before. But Jesus promised them the Holy Spirit, who would come and fill them with the power to be his witnesses throughout the world. And the disciples waited in Jerusalem, and "they all joined together constantly in prayer."
And so today, we, too, are called to await the coming of the Holy Spirit into our lives. We, too, are called remember all who have sacrificed for us. We, too, are called to join together constantly in prayer for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon us and make us Christ's witnesses "to the ends of the earth." May it be so.