The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. (Mk 4:21-25)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012722.cfm
I call this verse the apostolic principle of USE LOTS: use lots of mercy, lots of compassion, lots of forgiveness, lots of love. Maybe USE LOTS is the secret to the Lord’s Prayer when Jesus taught us to pray: forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. As Jesus tells us: “Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.”
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, Ordinary Time
