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.

V SUNDAY of LENT

“And when I am lifted up from the earth, 
I will draw everyone to myself.”
He said this indicating the kind of death he would die.
(Jn 12:20-33)

Jesus being “lifted up” transforms “the kind of death he would die” into his exaltation in glory. This Sunday begins the period we call Passiontide, with its focus on the Cross and Resurrection of the Lord.