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.

Thursday, Week XXV, Ordinary Time

Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities!  All things are vanity! Nothing is new under the sun. (Eccl 1:2-11)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092624.cfm
Today we begin the strange Book of Ecclesiastes. One of my favorite quotes is: “Better to be a live dog than a dead lion” (Eccl 9:4). Or as the wife in Moonstruck says to her cheating husband, “Cosmo, I just want you to know, no matter what you do, you’re gonna die just like everyone else.”