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.

Monday, Week XVIII, Ordinary Time

Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 81)

R.    Sing with joy to God our help.
“Israel I would feed with the best of wheat,
    and with honey from the rock I would fill them.”
R.    Sing with joy to God our help.

God gives us the best food and drink, the Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation, Jesus Christ our Lord. Today is the fifth anniversary of the passing of my Colombian Madrecita, Ofelia Arroyave.