We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand. Let no one deceive you in any way. (2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082322.cfm
People have been screaming about the “end of the world” for 2,000 years . . . even stooping to forging a letter from Saint Paul to that effect. Yet, the Church is still here, standing firm in the faith and holding fast to the teaching of the apostles. Saint Rose of Lima is the first person born in the Americas to be canonized a saint.
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 Rose of Lima, virgin, August 23
