When they entered the city they went to the upper room where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. (Acts 1:12-14)
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Today we remember the Blessed Virgin Mary who remained in prayer with the early community of disciples. We call her Mother of the Church for the Lord Jesus has entrusted her to our care and says to us as he says to Beloved Disciples in every age, “There is your mother.”
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.
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, 2022
