"Therefore, if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that
are above; where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.
Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the
earth." (Col. III, 1-2.)
How vile everything earthly appears when compared with the
beauty of God, the beauty that shall be revealed by God to them
that love Him.
If like the saints of old we "walk with God," seeing a
reflection of His loveliness in every beautiful thing in life,
and abide in His holy presence at all times by turning every
thought, word and deed towards Him, we are learning each moment
the lesson of Christ's Ascension. Though now we see "darkly and
as in a mirror," we are moving steadily forward toward the
Divine revelation when we shall see Him face to face, and shall
know even as we are known.
O Mary, teach us always to realize God's holy presence!
Third Glorious Mystery:
"The Descent of the Holy Ghost"
"And when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were
all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven, as of a mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where
they were sitting; and there appeared to them parted tongues as
it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them. And they
were all filled with the Holy Ghost."--(Acts, 11, 1-4.)