And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Whoever possesses the Son has life. (1 Jn 5:5-13)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010722.cfm
To have the gift of eternal life is to live without fear, to be free to be the persons God has called us to be, to be free to love our neighbor as freely as God has loved us all in Christ. Today’s carol is Campana Sobre Campana (The Bells of Bethlehem).
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 after Epiphany, January 7
