It is a great day when a hero returns to his people. We Americans put on a gala reception with a ticker tape parade usually in Manhattan. Hundreds of thousands gather to see the procession of victory. They cheer. The bands play. Banners wave in the wind. Spontaneous shouts are heard blocks away. The hero may be a Charles Lindbergh, a Dwight Eisenhower, a Neil Armstrong, a Pope or a Nelson Mandela. It is a great day of welcome, festivity and victory.

But, the greatest day of all occurred not on earth but in heaven. Jesus ascended to the Father. What a celebration it must have been! Millions of saints in heaven shouted, "Alleluia!" See the banners. Hear the choirs of angels. There is God the Father standing with open arms to receive his Son. Having finished the task given him to reveal the …