What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well, " but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. (Jas 2:14-18)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091524.cfm
The Letter of James says it like it is—we have to put faith in action, otherwise it’s good for nothing. As Jesus taught us, “Love God, love neighbor.” Today’s photo is of my young Jesuit friend, Chris Smith. And what follows is his article about the squad of holy women who nurtured his faith.
https://thejesuitpost.org/2021/07/the-holy-squad-of-women-who-nurtured-my-faith/https://thejesuitpost.org/2021/07/the-holy-squad-of-women-who-nurtured-my-faith/
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.
Sunday, XXIV, Ordinary Time
