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 III, LENT

GOSPEL VERSE
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life;
you have the words of everlasting life.
(Jn 6)

One of the great blessings of Lent is a renewed focus on the Word of God. Whether we simply follow the daily readings from Mass, or we devote ourselves to 15 minutes of Bible reading each day, or we use some spiritual aid like The Word Among Us, Give Us This Day, Magnificat, or The Little Black Book, the most important thing is to read God’s Word. As Simon Peter says to Jesus, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life.”