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.

Wednesday, Week XV, Ordinary Time—Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin

Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian.
Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb,
the mountain of God.
I am the God of your father,” he continued,
“the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.
Come, now!  I will send you to Pharaoh to lead my people,
the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” (Exodus 3:1-6,9-12)

From tending the flock to shepherding the children of Israel, that’s the story of Moses, and what a story! Our God who hears the cry of the poor and rescues them.