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.

MONDAY, WEEK XXX, ORDINARY TIME

Brothers and sisters:
 Be kind to one another, compassionate, 
forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.
Be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love,
 as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us
 as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma . 
. . . . Live as children of light. 
(Eph 4:32-5:8

Receive the Light of Christ! We can all use a bit more kindness, a bit more compassion, and a lot more forgiveness.