Sunday After Ascension

I saw it somewhere this past week- the Ascension is the end of the Incarnation. I must admit I have never thought of it that way before. Once Jesus was back in heaven, so to speak, the Incarnation, God with us is over.

But I would beg to differ. It may be the end of the incarnation through Jesus, but it is the beginning of the Incarnation through the Holy Spirit into us. I almost wrote The Church, but I don't think that is a good theology. Incarnation is the Word made flesh and the Church is not flesh. Only us, the members of the Church are flesh and blood and only in us can God continue the Incarnation.