desiring God … listening, waiting
Posted on Aug 01, 2024
Thursday, August 1, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) I’ll be traveling back to Austin from Urbana for a few days, and during those days I’ll post three devotions from August 1-3, 2023. Blessings as you read and/or remember them … Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori,...
Posted on Jul 31, 2024
Haiku for every day of July 2024 July 1 New critter inside When I said “yes” to Jesus This is a Good Thing July 2 Marc’s golf is relaxed And it shows in our faces Brookhill’s so laid back July 3 Species redemptus Fear and faith walk side by side Till death...
Posted on Jul 31, 2024
Complete list of July 2024 Daily Devotions with links July 1 I die by brightness and the Holy Spirit July 2 Crossing the sea in a small boat July 3 Father’s Day golf with Marc July 4 This land is my land, your bones are my bones July 5 I’ve been everywhere, man...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest Jasper’s 5th birthday Jasper, pearl of great price (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) When I found your words I devoured them; they became my joy and the happiness of my heart. In Ignatius’ case he was badly injured...
Posted on Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Jeremiah and Garrison, looking to meet on the sunny side of the street Okay. I know I can get carried away. And I should be writing my own paragraphs, and not sharing so much of what I read too much of...
Monday, July 29, 2024 Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The one thing A woman named Martha welcomed Jesus. Her sister Mary sat beside the Lord at his feet, listening to him speak, while Martha was burdened with much serving. “Tell Mary to help...
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 28, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Pressed down, running over A man came to Elisha with twenty barley loaves. “Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said. There were more than a hundred people. When they had eaten, there was some left...
Saturday, July 27, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Chariots of fire Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold! Bring me my Chariot of fire! – from Jerusalem by William Blake Exactly one hundred years ago, at...
Friday, July 26 2024 Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Father and son Dad and I were cutting weeds around the house. I was 18, returning in the fall to Valparaiso for my sophomore year. Dad had left home...
Thursday, July 25, 2024 Feast of Saint James, Apostle (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Some times Here I am looking around for something to hold on to while waiting for Jesus’ return. Looking for truth, like … STILLNESS Sometimes you set down the hammer and trowel of your prayers and...
