Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 69)
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
But I pray to you, O LORD, for the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness answer me with your constant help.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080224.cfm
Saint John Damascene (675-749) taught the church long ago that prayer is the lifting up of our hearts and minds to God. We can place all our needs before the Lord in confidence, because we trust in God’s great love for us revealed in the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus.
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.
Friday, Week XVII, Ordinary Time
