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, WEEK XXII, ORDINARY TIME

R. Alleluia, alleluia. The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives. R. Alleluia, alleluia.

“Good news to the poor, liberty to captives” — If the Lord were mounting a presidential campaign today, Jesus would have a hard time getting elected. Folks would scream: “Soft on crime!”