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.

FRIDAY, WEEK II of LENT

Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. (Gen 37:3)

The “coat of many colors,” no matter how you translate it, set Joseph apart from his brothers as the favorite son. And of course, it set up an ugly sibling rivalry that would end in Joseph being sold as a slave in Egypt, thereby accomplishing God’s mysterious plan of salvation.