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.

Holy Guardian Angels, October 2

Alleluia (Psalm 103)
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
 Bless the LORD, all you angels,
 you ministers, who do his will.
 R. Alleluia, alleluia.

The Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels reminds us that through the ministry of the angels God watches over us always. Today's photo is a work by American painter Abbott Handerson Thayer entitled "Boy and Angel" (1918).