Through Our Lord's Ascension we understand how
important it is to entrust our lives to Christ, if we let
ourselves be guided by Him then we are sure to be in
safe hands. This was underlined by Pope Francis in
his catechesis at the General Audience on
Wednesday in St. Peter's Square. The Ascension
does not indicate the absence of Jesus, but tells us
that He is alive among us in a new way. He is no
longer in a definite place in the world but in God's
Lordship, present in every time and space, close to
each one of us. In our lives we are never alone,
added Pope Francis, because the Crucified and
Risen Lord guides and with us there are many
brothers and sisters who in silence and obscurity, in
their fami