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 after Ash Wednesday

Then Jesus said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Lk 9:22-25)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022323.cfm
The real test of Lent is the daily following of the Lord as Saint Richard of Chichester (1197-1253) said long ago: To see thee more clearly, to love thee more dearly, to follow thee more nearly, day by day.