desiring God … listening, waiting
Saturday, February 25, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Mental prayer Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am afflicted and poor. Keep my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God. Father Anthony is bilingual. On...
Friday, February 24, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) (these are yesterday’s scriptures – I got the days mixed up) Jack is 14 And what, exactly, does that mean? Well, after graduating from Springfield Christian School on May 25, Jack will be in high school come August 2023. His years-old...
Posted on Feb 23, 2023
Thursday, February 23, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) – (oops, these scriptures are for Friday … the fog continues) Ash Wednesday in the rain Can wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away, and then they...
Posted on Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Ash Wednesday (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Even now … as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart. Not that God doesn’t say that to me, to each of us,...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Do the right thing My son. When you come to serve the Lord, stand in justice and fear, and prepare yourself for trials. Be sincere of heart and steadfast, incline your ear and receive the word of...
Posted on Feb 20, 2023
Monday, February 20, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Part 2: This is the purpose of life: Follow the truth, wherever it leads, no matter the cost All wisdom comes from the Lord and with him it remains forever, and is before all time. The sand of the seashore, the...
Posted on Feb 19, 2023
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 19, 2023 The Last Sunday of Ordinary Time before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Part 1: Follow the truth, wherever it leads, no matter the cost Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy. Let...
Saturday, February 18, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Glory on the mountain I have been hiding in the cloak of Jesus all the way up Mt. Tabor. Small little boy that I am, doll-sized this time, he has no idea that I’m here. Jesus knows his Father, and Abba...
Posted on Feb 17, 2023
Friday, February 17, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Talkee, talkee, talkee, happy talk The whole world spoke the same language. They said to one another, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, and so make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we shall be scattered all over...
Thursday, February 16, 2023 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Age to age God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth. Abound on earth and subdue it. But things had changed. Everything had changed. The world saw its first rain at...
