May 12th, 2024

On the day of resurrection, Jesus told Mary to not cling to Him, for he had not yet ascended to the Father. One wonders how truly difficult it must have been to let go of the Savior on that day? And 40 days later on the day of Ascension, one wonders how difficult it must have been to not cling to Jesus before He fulfilled what He had promised. But in order to receive the Holy Spirit, they had to let go. What do we need to let go of so that we may prepared to receive the Spirit?