For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all and in all. (Col 3:1-5, 9-11)
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So many riches for us today in the readings: Qoheleth declaring that “all things are vanity” . . . the Psalmist observing that for the Lord a “thousand years are as yesterday, now that it is past, or as a watch of the night” . . . the Letter to the Colossians reminding us that all things are changed because our life is now "hidden with Christ in God" . . . or Jesus telling us to become "rich in what matters to God" As the liturgy reminds us, “if today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.” Today is also the feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola and the close of the Ignatian Year celebrating the 400th anniversary of the canonizations of Saint Ignatius and Saint Francis Xavier.
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.
XVIII Sunday, Ordinary Time--Close of the Ignatian Year
