That Body, in which he was then clothed, was the same as that which was laid in Mary’s arms in the stable at Bethlehem and which was laid in them again when it was taken down from the Cross of Calvary.  But now it was changed and glorified and raised to a higher level of existence altogether.  Until his Resurrection, Our Lord’s Divine powers had been narrowed down by the earthly limitations which his Body had imposed.  But now it was transformed and exalted to Heaven itself, and those limitations were swept away.  As he said, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth”, and in particular, power over time and power over distance.

So he at once went on to assure his disciples and ourselves of his abiding Presence, “…lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world”.  For Our Lord has resumed his place in that eternal and Heavenly life, which is the close and invisible background of our earthly pilgrimage.