What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one.I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth. Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor. For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. (1 Cor 3:1-9)
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Planting and watering are beautiful descriptions of ministry in the church. We all build on the labors of those who have gone before us. But as Paul reminds us, it is “only God, who causes the growth.”
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.
Wednesday, Week XXII, Ordinary Time
