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, Advent III, O Adonai, December 18

Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 72)
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out, and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121824.cfm
In a world run by billionaires, justice for the poor has never been very popular. Yet, it is precisely the poor, the lowly and the afflicted who have the heart of the One whose coming we await. Perhaps this Season of Advent offers us the opportunity to open our hearts as well.