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.

XXII ORDINARY SUNDAY

Be doers of the word and not hearers only. (Jas 1:17-18,21b-22,27)

To be doers of the word and not hearers only . . . to put our faith into action . . . well, as the Letter of James points out, religion that is pure and undefiled is always practical: caring for orphans and widows, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, working for justice. Today's picture is Christ of the Breadlines (1950) by Fritz Eichenberg. The hymn in today's video is Cristo Te Necesita, which says: "Christ needs you in order to love."