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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.

Sunday, 19 September 2021 00:00

XXV ORDINARY SUNDAY

They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house,
he began to ask them,
“What were you arguing about on the way?” 
But they remained silent.
They had been discussing among themselves on the way
who was the greatest. 
Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them,
“If anyone wishes to be first,
he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”  (Mk 9:30-37)

Christian ambition is in us all. No wonder the Lord has to sit himself down and call us around and give us a teaching. Perhaps this is where the most treasured title of the popes comes from: “Servant of the Servants of God.” The caption on today's picture says: "Whoever would be first, must be the last of all and the servant of all" (Mk 9:35).

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