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.

XXI ORDINARY SUNDAY

As a result of this,
many of his disciples returned to their former way of life
and no longer accompanied him.
Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?” 
Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? 
You have the words of eternal life. 
We have come to believe
and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” (Jn 6:60-69)

We come to the conclusion of the great Bread of Life Discourse. Many disciples abandon Jesus, and when Jesus turns to the Twelve and asks if they want to leave him too, Simon Peter answers for all of us: “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”