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 XXII, Ordinary Time

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. (1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090225.cfm
Lots of people think the world is going to hell in a hand basket. Well, perhaps it is. The world has been a regular mess for at least the last 10,000 years. But Saint Paul has some pretty encouraging words for all of us: Get over it! As the Apostle gently reminds us: You are children of the light and children of the day. Don’t sleep on the job, we have work to do, telling the Good News of God’s unconditional love for us in Christ Jesus and loving one another as Jesus taught us.