“Lord, now let your servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled:
my own eyes have seen the salvation which you prepared in the sight of every people,
a light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.” (Lk 2:22-35)
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Today’s gospel canticle the Nunc Dimittis, along with the Benedictus and the Magnificat, form the hinges of the Liturgy of the Hours, the church’s daily prayer. The feast of the martyr, Saint Thomas Becket (d. 29 December 1170), reminds us that before “king and country” we must serve God first. Today’s Christmas Carol is Los Pañales (The Swaddling Clothes).
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.
Saint Thomas Becket, bishop & martyr, December 29
