“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.”(MT 16:17)

“Over the years I have been grateful— privileged if you will—to share and receive the Eucharist in various churches and locations.

“On this Trinity Sunday, Pope John Paul II reminds us how futile our efforts can be, attempting to explain, define, and dissect the presence of the Trinity, until we simply place our trust in the living presence of this mystery.

“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues ... each one one heard them speaking ins own language.” (Acts 2:3-4)

“And behold, I’m sending the promise of my Father upon you.” Only in the gospels of Matthew (16:19) and Luke (24:51), alongside the historical account in the Acts of the Apostles (1:9), is the account of Jesus’ ascension into heaven recorded. As recorded in Acts, his departure occurred forty days after the Resurrection.