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.

CHRISTMAS EVE

(MASS DURING THE NIGHT)
While they were there,
the time came for her to have her child,
and she gave birth to her firstborn son.
She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger,
because there was no room for them in the inn.
(Lk 2:1-14)

(MASS AT DAWN)
So the shepherds went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, 
and the infant lying in the manger.
When they saw this,
they made known the message
that had been told them about this child.
(Lk 2:15-20)

The Son of God became the Son of Man so that all men and women could become the dear Children of God.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!