When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he exclaimed, "Truly, the LORD is in this spot, although I did not know it!" In solemn wonder he cried out: "How awesome is this shrine! This is nothing else but an abode of God, and that is the gateway to heaven!" He called the site Bethel. (Gen 28:10-22a)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070725.cfm
Janua Caeli (Gate of Heaven) was carved over the backdoor of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, Alabama, that led into the sacristy. In that church I became a Catholic. https://youtu.be/_tsWAL-LFyo?si=pAY3RUh3oCtZhXXW
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 XIV, Ordinary Time
