For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. (Jn 3:14-21)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031024-YearB.cfm
If John 3:16 is the center of the gospel message, then we are called to LOVE the world and everyone in it as God does. Somehow, we never seem to manage it.
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, Week IV, Lent
