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.

XXVIII ORDINARY SUNDAY

On this mountain the LORD of hosts
will provide for all peoples
a feast of rich food and choice wines,
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
. . . .
For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain.
(Is 25:6-10)

My mom loved picnics. She thought that food tasted better if you could eat it outside. She loved to drive through the mountains to find a picnic table with a view. I have lots of wonderful memories of our many picnics in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Today's picture is of my mom sitting at a picnic table in the mountains of Western North Carolina.