What is the connection between Scripture and Tradition? Why can't we just believe what the Bible teaches? Why does the Catholic Church think it has the authority to say what it means?
This article, albeit long, is really a great essay addressing these questions.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Where is Jesus' Body Now?
This week we remember and celebrate the Ascension of Jesus. For some reason, I have an easier time believing in the Resurrection than the Ascension. It seems more understandable to me, as an embodied person, that God would have the power to raise someone from the dead, because that means Jesus became alive again - a living, breathing being like the ones I see everyday. But, when I think about how after that (and after being with His apostles again for a time), Jesus went up into the clouds to return to the Father, I can't quite grasp it. Where is Jesus' body now? Is He floating around somewhere past the edges of the universe? Perhaps hiding at the end of the rainbow?
Part of my problem is that when I picture God and creation, I visualize a spatial relationship. I draw a nice little circle that includes the universe and all created things, and then around that is a bigger circle which is God. How limited is my understanding!
But, beyond understanding the physical event itself, why did Jesus return to Heaven? In John's Gospel, Jesus tells us, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be." God wants us to be where He is, to be one with Him! And that is our hope while we still live on this earth, that Jesus has loved us and has shown us the way to the Eternal Love.
How about you? Where do you think Jesus' body is?
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