God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong, and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something, so that no human being might boast before God. (1 Cor 1:26-31)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020126.cfm
We people of faith would do well to remember that God is not impressed by the strong, the sleek and the rich. God’s power is revealed in weakness. I remember the climatic scene from The Mission (1986) in which the priest carrying the monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament is shot dead and falls, the indigenous man picks up the monstrance and continues to go forward. https://youtu.be/xddBWzcPq8Q?si=qg4zWoE7vZ2MRM11
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.
Sunday IV, Ordinary Time
