Fr. Rodney Kissinger, S.J. has been a Jesuit for over 69 years and a priest for over 58 years. His seasoned spirituality is the fruit of more than 60 years of making and giving the Spiritual Exercises in all of its formats to priests, religious and laity. It is presented not in the jargon of academia but in a language that everyone can understand. He is neither “old breed” nor “new breed,” he is just “half breed.” Having studied both the old theology and the new theology he is convinced that the continuity is so great that you cannot understand the new until you have mastered the old.

 

ASCENSION OF CHRIST

When was the last time you heard a homily on heaven? When was the last time you even thought of heaven, not as a dogma of the Church, but as your home, the place from which you came and to which you are slowly but eagerly wending your way?

It is unfortunate that we hardly, if ever, think of heaven because heaven is the fulfillment of our innate, insatiable desire for happiness. It fills the basic need of everyone to have a meaning and purpose in life. “He who has a why to live for can endure any how.” The thought of heaven puts things in perspective making us realize that this life is not the ultimate value. It conquers the fear of death by revealing that death is the door to eternal life, and it gives us comfort at the loss of a loved one. It gives us the peace that the world cannot give and no one can take from us. CLICK HERE for the Entire Homily