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.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, presbyter, July 31

When I found your words, I devoured them; they became my joy and the happiness of my heart, Because I bore your name, O LORD, God of hosts. (Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21)
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It took Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) some time to find God’s words . . . but once found he really did devour them and gladly bore God’s name the rest of his life. It was at the Benedictine monastery of Montserrat that Ignatius, on pilgrimage in 1522, gave his sword to the Virgin of Montserrat as a sign of his conversion.