So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. (Jas 2:14-24, 26)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021822.cfm
Faith and works is not either/or. Rather faith and works go to together as the Letter of James points out. And as common wisdom has always observed, actions speak louder than words. Or as Ricardo Arjona, a popular Latin American artist, sings: Jesus is a Verb, not a Noun (Jesús es Verbo, no Sustantivo).
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, Week VI, Ordinary Time
