Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow. Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow. (Is 1:10, 16-20)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031825.cfm
Our understanding of sin rarely coincides with what God asks of us. Rarely we confess our sins against justice. Defending widows and orphans won’t win you many friends in our world controlled by billionaires, but it is precisely what God requires of us.
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.
Tuesday II, Lent
