For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 8:31b-39)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/103025.cfm
One of the most quoted passages from Saint Paul, but at the same time, the passage least believed. If no one and no thing can separate us from God’s love in Christ Jesus, why are so many of us convinced that the Lord couldn’t possibly love us? As Saint Paul teaches, Christ loves us even when we can’t manage to love ourselves. https://youtu.be/i08da4iH9Dw?si=bmTiq8kGuUQNLm4s
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.
Thursday XXX, Ordinary Time
