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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.

Saturday, 20 February 2021 00:00

SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY

Thus says the LORD:
If you remove from your midst oppression,
    false accusation and malicious speech;
If you bestow your bread on the hungry
    and satisfy the afflicted;
Then light shall rise for you in the darkness,
    and the gloom shall become for you like midday;
Then the LORD will guide you always
    and give you plenty even on the parched land.
(Is 58:9b-14)

Biblical “holiness” is always practical, it’s almost always about justice: removing oppression from our midst (for example, systemic racism), bestowing bread on the hungry (not just a once a year hand-out). Maybe this Lent, if we want to get holy, we might need to get our hands dirty.

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