These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.

XII ORDINARY SUNDAY--Father's Day

So whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
the old things have passed away;
behold, new things have come.
(2 Cor 5:14-17)

To be in Christ, to be a new creation means everything has changed. That’s how radical our baptism is. As the title of that wonderful little book about folks who have felt excluded from the Christian community says: We Were Baptized, Too. Blessings to all fathers on this special day!