Easter 7: between Ascension & Pentecost
Acts 1: 6-11 John 17: 1-11 We are in a strange place in the year. I don’t just mean that today is the first day of June, so that we’re all left saying ‘where did May go ?’ and ‘soon we’ll be half way through the year !’. I mean that we’re in a strange place in the church’s year. Last Thursday, 3 days ago, was Ascension day – the day when the church remembers that the resurrected Jesus was seen by his followers going back into heaven. We have spent 6 weeks celebrating the rising of Jesus from the tomb and his appearance to his disciples. But now, he’s gone – back into heaven – back to the place he came from in the first place. But Jesus has promised that we won’t be alone, because he will send his Holy Spirit to be our Counsellor and Guide. Yet we know that Pentecost won’t come for another week : we will be celebrating it next Sunday. We are in a strange in-between time. We have celebrated the risen Jesus, ...