St. John Henry Newman, reflecting on the inadequacy of earthly pleasures compared to heaven, wrote: . . . from sad experience I am too sure that whatever is created, whatever is earthly, pleases but for a time and then palls and is a weariness. I believe that there is nothing at all here below that I would not at length get sick of. I believe, that though I had all the means of happiness that this life could give, yet in time I would tire of living, feeling everything trite and dull and unprofitable. John Henry Newman, Everyday Meditations (Manchester, N.H.: Sophia Institute Press, 2013), 164. The Ascension lifts our eyes to the Most Holy Trinity and the Kingdom of Heaven. The music "Lift Thine Eyes" is performed by our St. Mark Schola under license from One License A-726294