Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches; In the morning light they accomplish it when it lies within their power. They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they take them; They cheat an owner of his house, a man of his inheritance. (Micah 2:1-5)
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In the daily readings, we begin reading from the Prophet Micah. The prophet’s image of the wealthy lazying around on their couches planning how to rob the poor is a pretty apt description of how it’s done today on corporate jets. The Virgin Mary has always been seen as the Mother of the Poor, for she sings the praises of God who fills the hungry with every good thing and sends the rich away empty.
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.
Saturday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, July 20
