Acts 1:1-11 / Ephesians 1:17-23 / Matthew 28:16-20
One of the boring and frustrating moments in life is when we have to wait.
We don’t like it when we have to wait for someone who is late.
But the fact of life is that we spend a lot of time waiting.
We wait for the bus or the train to arrive.
We wait for the service man or the delivery man to come.
We wait for our turn to be called to the service counter.
When we have to wait, we want to know how long we have to wait.
We want to know what time the things or the people will come.
In other words, we want to be in control of our time and our schedules.
We don’t like to waste time or wait for things to happen or for people to arrive.
In the 1st reading, Jesus told His disciples not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what God had promised, and that is the Holy Spirit.
The pressing question that the disciples would want to ask is, when will it be, what time will it be, what day will it be.
Jesus said: It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided on His own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses.
In other words, all will be in God’s time, and all will be done in God’s way.
Jesus assures us in the gospel that He will be with us always, to the end of time.
Jesus has ascended into heaven, and He is the Lord of all creation, and he is the Lord of all time. He is Beginning and the End, He is the Alpha and the Omega.
Knowing that Jesus is with us always, let us continue His saving mission on Earth.
Let us use the time we have to share the gospel teachings with others and help them to be disciples and to be baptised.
Even in waiting, let us spend that moment to talk with the Lord Jesus.
There are many things that we want to tell Him, and there are also many things that He wants to say to us.
So, the time spent in waiting is best spent praying and listening to the gentle voice of the Lord Jesus.
May our time be in God’s time.
Then our time on Earth will be meaningful to ourselves, and we will use our time to be helpful to others.