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.

MEMORIAL OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

The love of Christ impels us,
once we have come to the conviction that one died for all;
therefore, all have died.
He indeed died for all,
so that those who live might no longer live for themselves
but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
(2 Cor 5:15-21)

The feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is followed by the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. As Saint Paul reminds us, “the love of Christ impels us.” Mary always leads us to follow the love of her Son who gave himself for our salvation.