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 XXIII, pope, October 11

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. (Gal 5:1-6)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101122.cfm
Faith working through love . . . what a wonderful description of Pope John XXIII who convened the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). The purpose of the Council was aggiornamento (updating). It was Pope John who said, “I’ve never met a person I couldn’t pray with.”