The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the LORD, for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more. (Jer 31:31-34)
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Our sins are etched in our memory, no matter how hard we try to forget them. But God is merciful, promises a new covenant, writes the law of love upon our hearts, and remembers our sin no more. Today is the feast of Saint John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests. He always preached about the Good God: “The good God looks not at long and beautiful prayers, but looks at the prayers that rise from the deepest depths of the human heart.” Today's picture is of my friends, Father Wil Thomas and Father Larry Richardt, priests after the Heart of Christ.
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.
Saint John Vianney, presbyter, August 4
