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.

Tuesday of Holy Week

I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. (Is 49:1-6)
One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus' side. (Jn 13:21-33, 36-38)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040423.cfm
A central figure of the Fourth Gospel (the one we call “According to John”) is the Beloved Disciple. In the Upper Room, it is the Beloved Disciple, not Peter or John or any of the others who is closest to Jesus. Although generally considered to be anonymous, perhaps the Beloved Disciple is actually named by the gospel writer in chapter 11. Nevertheless, the Beloved Disciple stands in for all of us, the beloved disciples of the Lord. The second Servant Song reminds us that the light is to “reach to the ends of the earth.”