“I was in prison, and you visited me.”
Those are the words of Jesus to His disciples, to His body, to us, the Church, in Matthew 25:36.
These are words that Father Julio Valenzuela takes to heart as a prison chaplain at a federal correctional facility in New Mexico. The days are long as a prison chaplain. The correctional facility needs more chaplains as they are short-staffed. Therefore, Fr. Julio often works seven days a week to cover another chaplain’s absence or vacation. The hours are also long and irregular, with a need to have a chaplain on duty 24/7. This means there are many nights when he is away from his family and ministering to the prisoners in his care.
Read the rest and the spiritual warfare Chaplain Julio faces daily at Anglican Compass.
We see through a mirror darkly 