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.

SUNDAY V of EASTER, MOTHER’S DAY

You are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Pt 2:9)

A people . . . chosen . . . royal . . . holy . . . special. You know that’s the lesson our mothers taught us and Scripture confirms it. There’s no one quite like Mom.