For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want. Miserable one that I am! Who will deliver me from this mortal body? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 7:18-25a)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102425.cfm
In today’s passage from the Letter to the Romans Paul is speaking about our tendency to do the things we don’t want to do. But Paul doesn’t despair, but rather rejoices in the victory that comes from God’s grace through our Lord Jesus Christ. Today’s picture is an artist’s conception of our Milky Way galaxy. https://youtu.be/oG2Fl8o15W4?si=knRcMdWkxzVgDjD2
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.
Friday XXIX, Ordinary Time
