*SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD, YEAR C*. *REFLECTION* *THEME; FUTURE GLORY IS REALIZED IN JESUS CHRIST AND OFFERED TO THE HUMAN RACE* We celebrate our Lord’s Ascension today which took place forty days after his Resurrection. We recount with joy the day when Christ completed his earthly mission and returned to the Father to reign in majesty and to be the judge of the living and the dead. It seems we just began our Paschal celebrations and now this pivotal liturgical season is drawing to a close. That is how life seems to goes, what has been called an “infinity of little hours.” However, it is precisely there, in the midst of the mundane, that we are being invited to encounter the God who has not left us orphans, but lives among us and who loves us until the end of time. Christ completed the Father’s work on earth as a mission of obedience to the will of God. Its purpose was and is to bring eternal life to every human being.