“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it." (Lk 9:22-25)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030322.cfm
The Lord invites us to daily discipleship as Lent prepares us to celebrate the Great Mystery: to die and rise with Christ. We pray for Ukraine, we pray for peace.
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.
Ash Thursday
