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 V, EASTER—Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, May 3 (Colombia)

Christ Jesus being found human in appearance,
    he humbled himself,
    becoming obedient to death,
        even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him . . . .
(Phil 2:6-11)

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you
because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.