David Sandel

Monday, June 24, 2024 Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) He was in the desert until the day You, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, because you will go before the Lord and prepare his way. John wanted to...

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 23, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) God himself did not despise humanity The Lord addressed Job out of the storm and said … “Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled!” In his life as...

Saturday, June 22, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Birds, flowers, and all the rest of us You cannot serve two masters. Chronicles and Kings in the Bible are full of stories of leaders who said they served God but actually served themselves, and because of this one generation followed...

Friday, June 21, 2024 Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Stages of spiritual growth Athaliah began to kill off the whole royal family. In this way she became Queen of Israel, the only queen ever in Israel’s history. One of Richard Rohr’s daily meditations has...

Thursday, June 20, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Praying through our days this summer in Illinois This is how you are to pray: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name. The evening approaches dusk at the end of the hottest day so far. 2024 is not...

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Rich Mullins, Elijah and his friend Elisha, facing the whirlwind Perhaps Elijah wasn’t human after all; at least one commentator is pretty sure he was an angel all along. The Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a...

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Elijah the Tishbite on the road again Before Ahab could even plant a grape seed in his precious new, nextdoor vineyard, Elijah was in his face. The Tishbite was back. The Lord says, “After murdering, do you also take possession? In...

Monday, June 17, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Ahab covets his neighbor’s vineyard Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Naboth would not sell his ancestors’ vineyard to King Ahab. Ahab’s police could do nothing, because “eminent domain” had not yet been...

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 16, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Flora and fauna Thus says the Lord God, I will tear off a tender shoot of the cedar tree and plant it on a high and lofty mountain of Israel. When we stepped out of our white...

Saturday, June 15, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Lame duck Elijah meets successor Elisha Elijah came upon Elisha plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. Not two presidents, but two prophets, and this exchange of power took place far from any spotlight. After thirty years as prophet, Elijah put his...