Jesus said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. And he said to them, “You are witnesses of these things.” (Lk 24:35-48)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040424.cfm
How important it is for us to know the Scriptures, for they witness to Jesus. And as the Risen Lord reminds us, we, too, are witnesses of these things!
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, Octave of Easter
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