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.

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)—November 2, 2024

If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him. (Rom 6:3-9)
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Give rest, O Christ, 
to thy servants with thy saints,
 where sorrow and pain are no more; 
neither sighing, but life everlasting.
(Russian Kontakion for the Departed, Orthodox Liturgy). Today's photo is of my grandmother and her brother at Bethel Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen. And may their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.