desiring God … listening, waiting
Traveling again, back to Austin this time, in a brand new Prius. Today through Friday the devotions will come from the same day in 2020. Another election year! Friday, October 23, 2020 (today’s lectionary) One Bear with one another through love. Strive to preserve your unity in one body and one spirit. You...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Poetry Jesus said, “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.” In college I learned to love poetry, especially the dark...
Monday, October 21, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Ephesians Raise your hand if your mind slips easily through the intricacies of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. It’s tough for me. Each chapter has enough troubles of its own. Every time I read I’m entranced by the beautiful words, and...
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Café Diner, late night, 7th Avenue and West 11th Street. Think of Ernest Hemingway’s “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” a quiet rainy evening on gradually abandoned moonless streets, endless wide window looking into what counts as home for some of the...
Saturday, October 19, 2024 Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Prophets Do not worry about what your defense will be, or about what you are to say. Rabbi Abraham Heschel’s 20th century transcendent prose broke through the everyday...
Friday, October 18, 2024 Feat of Saint Luke, Evangelist (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Food The harvest is abundant. I’ve had two food events this week. The first one came when my doctor set me up with some injectables called Mounjaro (similar I guess to Ozempic) in an effort to...
Thursday October 17, 2024 Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Prius With all wisdom and understanding, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, purposed in...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Fruit Brothers and sisters, when you are guided by the Spirit, you are no longer under the law. We sat, several of us in blue workshirts and denims, a few of us in polo shirts and chinos, and we talked about...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) This girl Teresa and that boy John It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not submit again to the yoke of...
Monday, October 14, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Fire As a twelve year old I took out the trash and burned it on my own. Mom trusted me, and she didn’t want to do it. We lived in the country, and there were no rules about burning garbage. In...
