THE ASCENSION

""Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven." [Luke 1; 11]

GOOD MORNING TO GOD IN GALILEE

Thus, in the company of Maximin and Melanie, the Lady moved
along, gliding over the tips of the grass without touching it, until she
reached the top of the hillock where the children, after their sleep, had gone
to look after their cows. Melanie preceded her by a few steps, and Maximin was at her right.
On reaching the summit the Lady paused for a few seconds, then slowly rose up to a height of a meter and a
half. She remained suspended in the air for a moment, raised her eyes to Heaven, then glanced in the
direction of the southeast. At that moment, Melanie, who had been standing at the left of the Lady, came in
front in order to see her better. Only then did she notice that the celestial Visitor had ceased weeping,
although her features remained very sad.
The radiant vision now began to disappear. "We saw her head no more, then the rest of the body no more;
she seemed to melt away. There remained a great light", related Maximin, "as well as the roses at her feet
which I tried to catch with my hands; but there was nothing more". "We looked for a long time", added
Melanie, "to see if we could not have another glimpse of her", but the Beautiful Lady had disappeared
forever.  [The Blessed Virgin takes her leave from La Salette.]

The men from Galilee and the children from the French Alps were caught in the same pose.  The result is the same.  They wished that they could follow.  Actually, we wish that we could follow too.  In some ways we do.  Go to Galilee and watch the sun rise over the Lake of Tiberias.  You will see God Himself greeting you for the new day.  Go to La Salette and watch the sun rise ove the crest of the majestic mountains.  You will see God and His Beautiful Mother greeting to for the new day.  During this period of church life between Ascension and Pentecost, no matter where we live, let's make an effort to greet God and His Beautiful Mother a few mornings between now and Pentecost when the sun of the Holy Spirit will come over the horizon down and infuse us with His love and His burning zeal for the mission.