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 II, Easter

The one who comes from above is above all. (Jn 3:31-36)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042822.cfm
The question about where Jesus is from is answered in a very simple way in the Fourth Gospel: Jesus is from above, from God. And so the one whom God sends is the one who speaks the words of God. This is precisely what the Fourth Gospel community believes. And so the instructions of the Mother of Jesus to the waiters at the Wedding Feast of Cana are appropriate for all would-be disciples: “Do whatever he tells you.”