This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, TEKEL, and PERES. These words mean: MENE, God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it; TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; PERES, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians. (Dan 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112625.cfm
Prophets speak truth to power. Daniel is not afraid to tell the mighty king: your days are numbered, you’ve been weighed and found wanting, your kingdom will go to your enemies. Who are the prophets who will speak truth to power today? https://youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ?si=GyK9yifQWcRSKZ6r
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.
Wednesday XXXIV, Ordinary Time
