When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said to them. He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. (Lk 2:41-51)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062522.cfm
Yesterday we celebrated the Sacred Heart of Jesus, today the Immaculate Heart of Mary—two hearts joined in life, two hearts joined for all eternity in God’s love, two hearts that beat as one.
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.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, 2022
