You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. (Lev 19:1-2, 11-18)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031025.cfm
In one sense, Lent is never about US: what I’m going to sacrifice, how much weight I’m going to lose, how much time I’m going to spend in prayer. Lent is always about OTHERS. As Jesus gently reminds us, love your neighbor as yourself is not optional. We can never love God unless we love our neighbor. We continue to pray for Pope Francis.
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.
Monday I, Lent
