Reflection on Mass readings for June 1 (Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord) Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 Ephesians 1:17-23 Luke 24:46-53   At this year’s Easter Vigil, I had the great joy of presiding for the first time as a pastor for the baptisms and confirmations of a number of brand-new Catholic converts. Besides being a beautiful and exciting moment in its own right, for me it was also a moment of nostalgia as I remembered how my family and I had gone through a similar journey many years prior in our own conversion to the faith. Even though I was relatively young at the time, if there’s one emotion I remember clearly from that experience, it…