Brothers and sisters: On the subject of fraternal charity you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Nevertheless we urge you, brothers and sisters, to progress even more, and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. (1 Thes 4:9-11)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/083025.cfm
We live in a time where fraternal charity doesn’t exist. Paul’s advice to “mind your own affairs” is rarely heeded. The Virgin Mary reminds us to love one another even as we have been loved in Christ. https://youtu.be/MsjBwfN5zDQ?si=BmZkXX65Ov5LvHOz
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.
Saturday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 30
