As we look at the Ascension of Jesus and the subsequent outpouring of the Holy Spirit, we journey with St. Paul to the profund mystical truth the Lord expounds through him in the Letter to the Ephesians, that in Christ Jesus, we are seated in heavenly places. (Eph 2:6)

At the Last Supper Jesus told his apostles, "where I am going you know the way."  Over the course of the Last Supper, Jesus would then explain that the way is going to be living life in union with the Holy Spirit.  This message takes a look at the Last Supper teachings of Jesus on the Holy Spirit...

A word of encouragment on living life in the Holy Spirit in a difficult season... 

In John Chapter 14, we hear Jesus proclaim "do not let your hearts be troubled" and that "in my Father's house there are many dwelling places and I go to prepare a place for you and I will come back again to take you to myself so that where I am you also may be."  Behind these beautiful words indicative of a specific marriage practice in ancient Israel is the backdrop of salvation history and God's remarkable desire to have an eternal marriage bond with his people in the New & Eternal Covenant.

In declaring "I am the gate" (Jn 10:9) & "the good shepherd" (Jn 10:11), Jesus makes clear that entering into a life of faith in Him, in which He leads us, is entering into the life of heaven even now:  "I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me adn I know the Father." (Jn 10:14-15)