Children, it is the last hour. (1 Jn 2:18-21)
In the beginning was the Word. (Jn 1:1-18)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/123125.cfm
A little bit of liturgical humor on this last day of the civil year: the lectionary gives us the Last Hour and the Last Gospel, which used to be read as the final blessing at Low Mass. The year 2025 has been filled with chaos in the lives of so many people. May the coming year hasten God’s agenda: justice for the poor, reconciliation, peace. A Happy New Year filled with God’s blessings! https://youtu.be/iyqtTLIg1l0?si=LCngkZ2Vmzfxz0wj
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.
Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas, December 31
