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.

FRIDAY, WEEK III, LENT

One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
“Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this:
    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, 
    with all your soul, 
    with all your mind, 
    and with all your strength.
The second is this:
    You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
(Mk 12:28-34)

Asking ourselves WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?) is one thing, but asking the Lord what we should do . . . well, that can be dangerous business, because we always get more than we bargained for. Loving God is a cinch . . . we get all religious building grand churches and shrines and saying all the right prayers. But then Jesus adds, Love your neighbor. And the Scriptures add, “And no one dared to ask him any more questions.”