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.

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
Of these I am the foremost. (1 Tim 1:15-17)

To think of oneself as the world’s greatest sinner is a bit presumptuous. Scripture gives that honor to Saint Paul . . . so the rest of us are off the hook—and that’s really good news! Today we remember those who died so tragically on this day 20 years ago.