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.

Thursday, Week XIV, Ordinary Time

“Come closer to me,” he told his brothers. 
When they had done so, he said:
“I am your brother Joseph, whom you once sold into Egypt.
But now do not be distressed,
and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here.
It was really for the sake of saving lives
that God sent me here ahead of you.” (Gen 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5)

The story of the Patriarch Joseph continues today with the great reveal . . . “I am your brother Joseph.” Wow! God always has surprises for us, because God always has a plan.