Cardinal Dolan is in Texas to give the commencement speech for the University of Dallas. Congratulations to all our graduates!

Today’s readings call us to true holiness, to be grounded in God’s life in us. Repeating the prayer for the gift of the Holy Spirit in these days between the Ascension and Pentecost helps us focus on, pray for, and seek to live that “grounded-ness” in God.

Cardinal Dolan digs into the message of the Ascension and what it means for us that Jesus is with us “until the end of the age.”

Pentecost Parish Mission gatherings run nightly from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Fr. Enrique Salvo explains that the Ascension reminds us that we are travelling towards Heaven, where we will be reunited with God and one another.