He said to me: Son of man, eat what is before you; eat this scroll, then go, speak to the house of Israel. I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. He said: Son of man, go now to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them. (Ez 2:8-3:4)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081324.cfm
To devour the word of God in order to proclaim it to the people. Wow, what a vision! Sometimes that word is a hard word, “Lamentation and wailing and woe!” But like the prophet says, “it was sweet as honey in my mouth.”
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.
Tuesday, Week XIX, Ordinary Time
