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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.

: Published: December 10 2021

The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ (Mt 11:16-19)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121021.cfm
The earliest memory the church has of the Eucharist is the eating and drinking with sinners. As Pope Francis reminds the church, the Eucharist is not the reward for good behavior, rather the Eucharist is medicine for the sick and the weak.