Then Jesus said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” (Lk 9:22-25)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030625.cfm
Love so amazing, so divine. Lent is not about what we do for God, but rather what God has done for us in Christ. The Lord reminds us what this journey of Lent is all about: a daily following in his footsteps. We remember Pope Francis and the Cross he bears.
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 after Ash Wednesday
