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.

Thursday, Week III, Advent

Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken,
My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken,
says the LORD, who has mercy on you. (Is 54:1-10)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121621.cfm
What a promise from God . . . My love shall never leave you. Even if the world as we know it should cease to exist . . . God’s covenant of love will endure. The first part of Advent comes to an end today. Tomorrow, the second and last part of Advent invites us to “Prepare the way of the Lord” as we view His Second Coming through the lens of His First Coming among us.