Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world. (Eph 1:1-10)
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The beautiful hymn at the beginning of the Letter to the Ephesians is a reminder of our being chosen in Christ before the world began. We are not accidents of human birth, we are chosen by God, of infinite value, of infinite worth. Today’s photo is of the Library of Celsus in ancient Ephesus.
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.
Thursday, Week XXVIII, Ordinary Time
