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Homily by Fr. Matthew Brown (June 8, 2025)

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What if the Ascension wasn’t Christ leaving us behind, but inviting us to become Him?

In this powerful Pentecost homily, Fr. Matthew Brown explains how Jesus didn’t just rise and disappear; He stepped back to send the Holy Spirit, so that we might become His Body in the world.

“Now instead of Jesus being limited to one place… we have the Church alive everywhere.”

This is theosis — the journey to become like our GOD, not by pride, but through humility, love, and the Spirit of God.
This is what it means to be truly Christian — not just to follow Jesus, but to become like Him.

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