For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise. (Gal 3:22-29)
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Through our baptism in Christ we are descendants of Abraham and heirs to the promise. I remember the Immigrant March in Asheville when I proudly carried a sign that said: “Great Grandson of Immigrants.” Today is the birthday of my grandfather, Furman Nielsen Torp (1888-1967) and also of my father, Charles Elmer Boyd (1922-1968).
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.
Saturday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, October 12
