When the LORD came down to the top of Mount Sinai, he summoned Moses to the top of the mountain. (Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072425.cfm
Mountains have always been places of encounter with the Divine. Even Western North Carolina dared to call one of its highest peaks, Mount Pisgah, after the mountain in the Bible. Saint Sharbel (1828-1898) was a Maronite monk from what is known today as Lebanon. He was canonized in 1977 and is especially celebrated throughout Latin America. https://youtu.be/VZwWu8XRKMk?si=Sln66BSv6SpZBVa3
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.
Saint Sharbel Makhlūf, presbyter, July 24
