desiring God … listening, waiting
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Birthdays at Salty Sow Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. We are establishing a birthday tradition with our friends Mike and Diane, a night out in September for their birthdays on 9/2 and 9/15, and a night...
Monday, September 25, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Some facts about water Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the torrents in the southern desert. Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing. As I’m writing there are thunderstorms pounding Austin, big ones, filled with hail and heavy winds and...
Posted on Sep 24, 2023
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 24, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) A not-so-chance encounter My thoughts are not your thoughts. Nor are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways, and my...
Posted on Sep 23, 2023
Saturday, September 23, 2023 Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Living (and dying) for the light I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, to keep the commandment until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ. It seems right for me...
Posted on Sep 22, 2023
Friday, September 22, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Living in this world together Arguments can bring us to envy, rivalry, insults, evil suspicions and mutual friction. Thus we are deprived of the truth. And this can happen between friends and family, often the result of misunderstanding and a lack...
Thursday, September 21, 2023 Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Matthew alone with God As Jesus passed by he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s post. Jesus said to Matthew, “Follow me.” In The Chosen Matthew begins to understand himself...
Posted on Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Lightning strike at midnight If I should be delayed you should know how to behave in the household of God, the Church of the Living God, the...
Posted on Sep 19, 2023
Wednesday, September 19, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Covered up by love and mercy, through and through Bishops must be irreproachable, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, teachers, patient, gentle, peaceful, generous, never divorced, not alcoholic, dignified, fatherly, mature and reputable. Deacons must be dignified, honest, generous, not alcoholic, never divorced,...
Monday, September 18, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Fire! First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. I haven’t been in smoke like this. Hard boiled eggs never...
Posted on Sep 17, 2023
Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Sunday, September 17, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) God teaches me the skill of forgiveness Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight. The vengeful will suffer the Lord’s vengeance, for he remembers their sins in detail. The Bible says...
