desiring God … listening, waiting
Posted on Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Give it up for the gift of years See what love the Father has bestowed on us, that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. In her 2008 book The Gift of Years, Benedictine Joan Chittister...
Posted on Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Late at night, listening to God Beloved: Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this...
Posted on Jan 01, 2024
Monday, January 1, 2024 Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God The Eighth Day of Christmas New Year’s Day 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Different kind of hero May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face shine upon you. May...
Posted on Dec 31, 2023
Complete list of December 2023 Daily Devotions with links December 1 Late lunch with Daniel December 2 Twas the night before the chess games December 3 One day at a time, December 4 Ain’t gonna study war no more December 5 One with the Spirit December 6 Be here now December 7 Remodeling December...
Posted on Dec 31, 2023
Haiku for every day of December 2023 December 1 Boys are here to sleep Set up the tent, sleeping bags Mini-tacos December 2 Miles’first chess tourney Won two lost, lost one, two stalemates He won a ribbon! December 3 Empty Nesters brunch potlucks let us talk and talk sweet making new friends...
Sunday, December 31, 2023 Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Last Day of the Year New Year’s Eve (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) One day at a time Look up at the sky and count the stars if you can. Just so shall your descendants be....
Posted on Dec 30, 2023
Saturday, December 30, 2023 The Sixth Day of Christmas (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Sleepover with the young men who dream dreams In the morning we listen to the lectionary, read our devotion, pray and sing a song. Lately we have been singing Christmas carols, and yesterday we found a...
Posted on Dec 29, 2023
Friday, December 29, 2023 The Fifth Day of Christmas (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Listening to Simeon’s song The LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty go before him; praise and grandeur are in his sanctuary. On December 26 the moon was officially full. It had looked full a day...
Posted on Dec 28, 2023
Thursday, December 28, 2023 The Fourth Day of Christmas Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Learning to live the life I’ve been given On the Franciscan website today we read: The Holy Innocents are few in comparison to the genocide and abortion of our day....
Posted on Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday, December 27, 2023 The Third Day of Christmas Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Baby Jesus, baby all of us Beloved, what was from the beginning we have heard, seen with our eyes, looked upon and touched with our hands. The Word of...
