desiring God … listening, waiting
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 19, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Married, with children Margaret and I met around a gas tank on Dad’s farm in Lincoln, Illinois. She was from Kentucky, and she didn’t realize what she was getting into when she accepted Dad’s offer to walk...
Posted on Nov 18, 2023
Preview (opens in a new tab)Saturday, November 18, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Which apple should I eat? Late last night, falling asleep after a long birthday, I ate an apple. An “Envy” apple. That apple, tasty as it was, really belonged in a fairy tale, poisoned by a...
Posted on Nov 17, 2023
Friday, November 17, 2023 Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious David’s 74th birthday! (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Living in the land of Elizabeth On the day the Son of Man is revealed, someone who is on the housetop must not go down to the field to get his...
Posted on Nov 16, 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Jasper and Miles rescue their family! Yesterday I surprised myself when I thought much more than I expected about the snails we buried. Their little white shells kept coming back to mind. I saw them on their tree and on the...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Rest in peace The lowly may be pardoned out of mercy but the mighty shall be mightily put to the test. The Lord does not fear greatness. Just before lunch Jasper and I went out back to dig. He has a...
Posted on Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Learning to live in the second half God formed man to be imperishable; in the image of his own nature he made them. But by the envy of the Devil, death entered the world, and they who are in possession experience...
Monday, November 13, 2023 Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Listen now, speak later Wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet she acquits not the blasphemer of his guilty lips; because God is the witness of his inmost self, the sure observer of his heart,...
Thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time, November 12, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Oil in the lamps Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five...
Saturday, November 11, 2023 Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Veteran’s Day Miles 7th birthday (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Intimacy with everything Greet Priscilla and Aquilla, my co-workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life. Perhaps because it’s November there are four conflicting activities on...
Friday, November 10, 2023 Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Dizzy with joy You breathe in gratitude, and you breathe it out, too. Once you learn how to do that, then you can bear someone who is unbearable. My...
