{"id":70751,"date":"2026-05-19T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=70751"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:29:54","slug":"ars-praedicandi-ascension-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/ars-praedicandi-ascension-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ars Praedicandi: Ascension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Edward Foley, OFM, Cap., May 19, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you&#8217;d like to listen to Fr. Foley, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oldstpats.org%2Fosppodcast.html&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKHARMON001%40csbsju.edu%7C042a7082b6d346015bb708deb5c96124%7Cf3a8b12ce0414209a57adb14d8738136%7C0%7C0%7C639148073754973485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GTJ17fwUWdwo%2F1tQ2ava6r%2B8IOU%2Fa2cO7Vsir7K3aEM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Old St. Patrick&#8217;s podcast series<\/a>, and select no. 638. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I 6have a growing number of friends<br>who have reached the point that they do not or cannot<br>watch national news or any U.S. news with any regularity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve reached that point as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are multiple reasons for this trend,<br>one undeniable factor is the high negativity of US news.&nbsp;<br>This was first documented during the Covid Pandemic.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w28110#:~:text=Bruce%20Sacerdote%2C%20Ranjan%20Sehgal%20%26%20Molly,written%20since%20January%201%2C%202020.\">One study<\/a> discovered what it labeled the \u201cglobal news gap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This analysis of over 9 million news stories found that<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; major international news outlets<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; had a negativity rating of about 54%<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But parallel reporting in the US during<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; had a negativity rating of 91%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent studies suggest that things have not changed<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and the \u201cnegativity gap\u201d is now<br>a permanent feature of U.S. news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe that is why CNN introduced the Saturday podcast&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio\/podcasts\/5-good-things\"><em>5 Good Things<\/em><\/a> as a kind of negativity \u201cpalate cleanser\u201d<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the face of a barrage of grim headlines;<br>Or why droves of people seek out \u201cfeel-good\u201d journalism,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; especially stories of people\u2019s triumph over adversity,<br>like Sabastian Sawe, raised by his grandmother<br>in a house that had no electricity<br>but energized the sports world with his electric performance<br>as the first human to break the 2-hour marathon barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And then there was the riveting 10-day lunar trip of Artemis II.<br>As some Old Saint Patrick&#8217;s [where I preach] folk know first-hand,<br>running a marathon is demanding<br>but space travel is more than demanding, it is dangerous<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; especially when you are traveling at Mach 30<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; your heat shield reaches a temperature<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; roughly half as hot as the Sun\u2019s Surface<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and you find yourself almost 250,000 miles away<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; during a nail-biting communication blackout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the glow of the Artemis II success, I was musing,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on this Ascension feast, about whether Jesus\u2019 metaphorical lift off<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; was equally as dangerous, and after some reflection<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; my answer is an unequivocal yes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Part of that is the sheer physiology of it all<br>especially if you imagine the Ascension<br>as the biblical equivalent of Elton John\u2019s Rocketman<br>if so, the dangers include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>asphyxiation at 26,000 feet from lack of oxygen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>evaporation of the body\u2019s moisture at 60,000 feet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and extreme temperature from roughly minus 130 degrees in the troposphere to 3600 degrees in the thermosphere finally obliterating whatever was left of Jesus\u2019 body.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course today\u2019s feast and accompanying readings<br>are not about the Son of God, in the spirit of Star Trek, &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cgoing where no one has gone before\u201d:<br>Theologically he already achieved that in his death and resurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore this feast is not some historical anniversary<br>of the physical transit of the Jesus body from earth to heaven;<br>and no one proves that more than the Evangelist Luke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often celebrated as the most gifted storyteller of the New Testament<br>Luke actually gives us two conflicting accounts of the Ascension:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>one in his Gospel in which Jesus appears to ascend on Easter Sunday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and one in the book of Acts read today, in which Jesus ascends after 40 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not evidence that Luke was on the brink of losing it,<br>but rather is evidence that the evangelist, as always,<br>is not giving us history but theology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So back to my question:<br>was Jesus \u201cmetaphorical\u201d or more properly \u201ctheological lift off\u201d<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; which we celebrate today<br>as or more dangerous than the Artimus II mission?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My answer remains a firm yes:<br>as well explained by the decidedly untrue story,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of a post-ascension moment<br>after the disciples had gathered on that mountain<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and Jesus disappeared from their sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently an angel \u2013 sort of a divine script supervisor \u2013<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; was surprised to see Jesus passing by and asked:<br>&#8220;where are you going?&#8221;<br>Jesus answered, &#8220;to be back to be with my Father.\u201d<br>But the angel protested,<br>&#8220;I thought you were going to bring salvation to the whole world!&#8221;<br>Jesus said, \u201cI have:<br>death is vanquished<br>sinners are reconciled<br>and the marginalized invited into the heart of God;<br>My work is done.\u201d<br><br>Still the Angel persisted:<br>\u201cBut who is going to be your witness and go out into the world and spread the Good News and tell people you love them?\u201d<br><br>Jesus motioned toward the rag-tag group of followers \u2014 the ones who ran away at the cross, who argued about who was the greatest, hid behind locked doors in fear \u2014 and said, &#8220;They are.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The angel looked down at them, tilted her head and asked the only begotten a question that yet haunts us: &#8220;Do you have a Plan B?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a nutshell, today\u2019s feast is divine affirmation<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; that there is no plan B<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and we are the only salvific strategy Jesus has!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years ago I read a riveting and deeply disturbing piece of non-fiction<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; by Dr. Karla Holloway, Emerita professor at Duke University.<br>The book was <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Passed_On.html?id=FwoQkOrLvHYC#:~:text=With%20a%20focus%20on%20the,makers%2C%20and%20funeral%20directors%2C%20to\"><em>Passed On: African American Mourning Stories<\/em><\/a>:<br>a portrait of death and dying in 20<sup>th<\/sup> century African America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central are reflections on the vulnerability of African Americans<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2013 especially young Black men \u2013 to untimely death<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and how that is inextricably linked<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to our perception of Black culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 20 years after reading this 2004 publication<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; today\u2019s feast triggered the memory of one heartbreaking story:<br>As recounted by his mother, it concerned \u201cJunior,\u201d<br>a 28-year-old Black man incarcerated in the Durham County Jail<br>for a probation violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his incarceration he purportedly experienced<br>a medical emergency which, according to official records,<br>attributed his subsequent death to a heart condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His family did not buy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After his death, the family sought to reclaim his body for burial<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; but was met with a bureaucratic nightmare.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due to a series of errors, miscommunications and negligence<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the body was misplaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It was eventually learned that Junior\u2019s body<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; had been cremated without the family\u2019s knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family was left in the agonizing position of holding a funeral with an empty casket. The question \u201cWhere\u2019s the body?\u201d became a cry for justice and an inditement of how institutions can fail to &#8220;see&#8221; or respect Black life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a phrase, the State \u201cdisappeared him\u201d; His \u201chomecoming ritual\u201d was denied and his family left in unresolved grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhere\u2019s the body\u201d is a refrain that still haunts the global community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; During the Argentinian dictatorship between 1976 and 1983<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/cels.org.ar\/sabesquefue\/cuantas-son-las-personas-desaparecidas\/\">30,000 people<\/a> \u201cwere disappeared\u201d by the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On our own southern border,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; thousands of remains have been recovered<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; with the estimate that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humaneborders.org\/migrant-death-mapping\">for every 1 found 5 others are lost<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And then there are the missing children in the US.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/file-repository\/2021-ncic-missing-person-and-unidentified-person-statistics.pdf\">FBI\u2019s National Crime Information Center<\/a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; each year there are typically between 25,000 and 30,000<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; active missing children records at any given time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In some ways, today\u2019s feast resurfaces the haunting question:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cwhere\u2019s the body?\u201d<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; but also provides a breathtaking response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My great colleague and former writing partner Herbert Anderson<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; once penned a most provocative homily about the Ascension.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His main point: this is a feast about God\u2019s empathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He explains by suggesting that in the Ascension<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus has taken our humanity back into the presence of God:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mary\u2019s tears, Peter\u2019s Fears, the betrayal of Judas<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the conversion of Zacchaeus, the courage of the Magdalene<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and Jesus\u2019 own experiences of desert temptation,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public rejection, abandoned suffering, and dying in shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each is a breathtaking depiction of the human story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Then in a stunning moment of empathetic clarity Herbert suggests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; that in the Ascension Jesus carried into the presence of God<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a scrapbook of pictures illustrating what it is to be human<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and in a final aerial snapshot<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus brings to the heart of the Trinity<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the heartache left behind by his own ascension:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; an obscuring of the Sacred Heart,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a masking of the incarnate empathy revealed<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the only begotten,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; an apparent distancing of the divine consolation<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for which Junior\u2019s and millions of families long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And so many enduring questions:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in a world where Sudanese children starve<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and parents in Gaza stay awake at night to protect<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; their offspring from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.uk\/news\/media-centre\/press-releases\/2026\/gaza-two-three-children-risk-infection-due-plague-rats-and\">invasion of rats<\/a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; where is the compassion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a world where the innocent are killed<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in Lebanon, Ukraine, and our own city streets<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; where is the humanity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And in a world with so many physical and social prisons<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; where God seems markedly absent, even a joke,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; we ask again: \u201cwhere\u2019s the body?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following World War II, villagers in the town of Muenster, Germany began the painstaking process of rebuilding their lives and their church, which was nearly leveled by Allied bombing.&nbsp; Among the ruins was a treasured crucifix that once stood above the altar but now was badly damaged. The legs were scarred and both of Christ\u2019s arms had been severed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The villagers asked a local sculptor if he could restore the statue. He agreed and began the restoration work. But when it came time to carve new hands he stopped, telling priest and parishioners that he decided to leave the statue exactly as it was: without arms or hands.&nbsp; Parishioners were equally confused and angry. &#8220;How can we have a savior with no hands?&#8221; they asked. In response, the sculptor carved a small plaque and placed it at the base of the crucifix. Citing a now famous line of medieval poetry it read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201c<em>Ich habe keine anderen H\u00e4nde als die euren<\/em> \u2026<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have no hands but yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given today\u2019s feast, maybe we could reimagine that sign<br>as reading \u201cI have no plan B.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this feast of holy empathy<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; as the Trinity revels in the humanity that returned to God<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the mystery of the ascension<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; we pray that humanity might revel in the divine empathy<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; we are now commissioned to dispense<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; as the hands and feet, the enduring human enterprise<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; that God has eternally sanctioned<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you&#8217;d like to listen to Fr. Foley, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oldstpats.org%2Fosppodcast.html&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKHARMON001%40csbsju.edu%7C042a7082b6d346015bb708deb5c96124%7Cf3a8b12ce0414209a57adb14d8738136%7C0%7C0%7C639148073754973485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GTJ17fwUWdwo%2F1tQ2ava6r%2B8IOU%2Fa2cO7Vsir7K3aEM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Old St. Patrick&#8217;s podcast series<\/a>, and select no. 638. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edward Foley<\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;OFM, Cap,<\/strong>Duns Scotus Professor of Spirituality Emeritus and retired Professor of Liturgy and Music at Catholic Theological Union, has authored or edited 33 books. His works are translated into 9 languages. A celebrated preacher and presenter, he received a major grant from the John Templeton Foundation for Preaching and the Sciences and another from the Lilly Endowment. 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