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 Agatha, virgin and martyr, February 5

Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 119)

R.  Lord, teach me your statutes. 
With all my heart I seek you; let me not stray from your commands. 
R.  Lord, teach me your statutes.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020522.cfm
Saint Agatha is one of the famous virgin martyrs of the early church. The tortures she suffered were discretely portrayed by church artists as two lumps under a cloth and gave rise to the somewhat mistaken custom of blessing rolls of bread on her feast day.