desiring God … listening, waiting
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Jasper’s 4th Birthday Party The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.” This, like the story of Aladdin and the Genie, the...
Saturday, July 29, 2023 Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Come forth! At the Danville prison I officiated a wedding of two people who had been waiting five years for this moment. I drove from Austin, she flew from California, and the three of...
Friday, July 28, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Thou shalt Lord, you have the words of everlasting life. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself. I had it in mind to think through today’s lectionary reading of the ten commandments, but...
Thursday, July 27, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) God shows himself On the morning of the third day there were peals of thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. God told them he was coming. Wash your clothes, no sex,...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Elim Acres The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Feast of Saint James, Apostle (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Is this even possible? My friend Laura works at imagining what God is saying to her, but she does not have to labor at hearing God without that added task of imagining. I think of her....
Posted on Jul 24, 2023
Monday, July 24, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Running through the river into heaven When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants changed their minds about them. “What have we done?!?” There is a lot happening in today’s lectionary...
Posted on Jul 23, 2023
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 23, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Heading for heaven with just one license plate Your might is the source of justice; your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all. Our front license plate was stolen sometime this week. It’s not something...
Saturday, July 22, 2023 Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Hardness of heart O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water. My soul is thirsting for you, O...
Friday, July 21, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) O my, it’s dry! Slaughter a year old male lamb or goat, one without blemish, during the evening twilight. Apply its blood to the lintel and doorposts of every house. Eat its roasted flesh with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Eat...
