This is the homily I delivered May 24, 2020 at Saint Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church in Slidell for the Feast of the Ascension, Year A.  Thank you for Fr. Pat Wattigny for allowing me to preach and  many thanks to the Media and live streaming team for recording this.  The scripture readings on which this is based are reproduced below, and taken from the USCCB web site, http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/052420-ascension.cfm

The Ascension of the Lord

Lectionary: 58

Reading 1ACTS 1:1-11

In the first book, Theophilus,

I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught

until the day he was taken up,

after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit

to the apostles whom he had chosen.

I have been publishing what I call "close approximations" of  homilies since I was ordained 13 years ago.  This is because although I have either notes or an outline in front of me, I frequently preach differently from what is on the paper.  Hopefully, these deviations are responses to gentle movements of the Holy Spirit.  Sometimes I am never quite sure.

Sometimes I preach 2-3 times in a weekend, homily 1 only distantly resembles homily 3.
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