Complete list of March 2024 Daily Devotions with links March 1 On Wisconsin, plunge right through that line! March 2 On earth as it is in heaven March 3 A letter from Jesus March 4 A vanishing trail March 5 Home again, following the circle round the sun March 6 Glory be March 7 ...
Mar 31, 2024
When I survey the wondrous cross
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 The Resurrection of the Lord (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) When I survey the wondrous cross On this Easter Sunday, after grieving the Illini loss to UConn at the basketball tournament last night (79-52) the ways of death and resurrection are clearer than ever. One...
Mar 30, 2024
Singing on Saturday night
Saturday, March 30, 2024 Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Singing on Saturday night In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. At Catholic churches...
Mar 29, 2024
This was a bad day, this was a good day
Friday of Holy Week, March 29, 2024 “Good” Friday of the Lord’s Passion (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) This was a bad day, this was a good day The gatekeeper said to Peter, “You are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” And Peter said to her, “I am...
Mar 28, 2024
We are one in the spirit
Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024 (Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper) (Chrism Mass Scriptures) We are one in the spirit Sitting by the pool at our apartment, my friend and I find much to talk about, as the sun rises in the sky. What was a gray cold morning morphs into a sweet...
Mar 27, 2024
Jack Sandel in Austin
Wednesday of Holy Week, March 27, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Jack Sandel in Austin In Champaign Marc and Evie have been painting. They replaced two appliances and are getting ready to move into Marc’s house in a few days, when Evie’s lease runs out. The house is beautiful,...
Mar 26, 2024
Take these ancient words and make me cry
Tuesday of Holy Week, March 26, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Take these ancient words and make me cry Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. And in your hearing, in your listening, know how close God is to you, within you, in your very eardrum and nostril,...
Mar 25, 2024
Austin traffic
Monday, March 25, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Austin traffic Surely it’s not as bad as I remember. I’ll soon be finding out. But for now, here’s a final story from Chris’ family’s visit to Austin last year (devotion from March 25, 2023): Hardly working Here I am, Lord....
Mar 24, 2024
How can I keep from singing?
Sixth Sunday of Lent, March 24, 2024 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) How can I keep from singing? Traveling back to Austin this weekend. I found this from a year ago and hope you’ll enjoy it again, as I did (from March 24, 2023)....
Mar 23, 2024
Back to the future
Saturday, March 23, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Back to the future This morning I began the trip back to Austin, leaving behind people, places, memories in Illinois that I am grateful for. Spring weather is slipping into the Midwest, and I fully expect Texas to be also in...