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.

FRIDAY, WEEK IV of LENT

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. (Ps 34:19)

For those families who have loved ones in intensive care and are unable to visit them, or then they lose them and are not able to see them one last time, and often are not able even to attend their funerals, we have lived through this. But our faith tells us that the Lord is close to the brokenhearted. That is our faith and our hope. God has not abandoned us. The Lord is with us in every moment of human suffering. The Lord holds us close to his heart.