You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. (Eph 2:19-22)
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No longer strangers and sojourners, but rather fellow citizens, members of the household of God, a temple sacred in the Lord, a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. That is the truth of who we are! As we celebrate the choosing of the Twelve, we also celebrate our own apostolic mission to bring Good News to all the earth.
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.
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, October 28
