But now that you have been freed from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit that you have leads to sanctification, and its end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 6:19-23)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102623.cfm
“For the wages of sin is death” . . . . one of Saint Paul’s most quotable lines—unfortunately used more often as a clobber-passage, to beat people over the head, rather than as the Apostle chose to emphasize: “the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
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 XXIX, Ordinary Time
