desiring God … listening, waiting
Monday, November 18, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Friendship Jesus asked the blind man, “What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, “Please, Lord, let me see.” Speak to me of friendship, the youth said to the prophet. Kahlil Gibran put words into the mouth of...
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 17, 2024 My birthday (1949) (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Travel At that time your people shall escape. Our friends Don and Pat are driving to Florida from Wisconsin this week. They start out today (on my 75th birthday)! Margaret and I are headed...
Saturday, November 16, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) also 2 John Permission I keep thinking about old friends (and new ones), what we share, what we remember, what we talk about. And now I am not writing a new commandment but one we have had from the beginning: love...
Friday, November 15, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Given On that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. Two women will be grinding grain; one will be taken, the other left. If you’re in the field, don’t return for what...
Thursday, November 14, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Cabrini Green Just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation. In 1970...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Party Because of God’s mercy he saved us so that we might be justified in his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. The Lord is my shepherd. Gatherings with in-laws aren’t...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (nicknamed the “soul-snatcher”) (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Doctrine You must say what is consistent with sound doctrine. Sound doctrine implies that it is correct and will do no harm. Doctors and dentists, engineers and conductors stick to what...
Monday, November 11, 2024 Veterans Day in the USA Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Miles’ 8th birthday (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Prayer of relationship Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? In her book Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening...
Sunday, November 10, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Centering Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. In her book Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Cynthia Bourgeault begins by describing a movement inward with Thomas Keatings’ bulls-eye diagram called “levels of awareness.” She encourages...
Saturday, November 9, 2024 Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Da boys God is our refuge and our strength. Margaret wasn’t feeling well, so she stayed home while I picked up the boys for ice cream and the Austin Aquarium. Handel’s...
