desiring God … listening, waiting
Thursday, October 3, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Kumbh Mela Why do you hound me as though you were divine, and insatiably prey upon me? In 2019 more than twelve million people gathered in India at Prayagraj for the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu celebration at the convergence of three...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Unoffendable God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has withstood him and remained unscathed? Brant Hanson wrote a book which took him courage and many months to write, because he was writing...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Michaelmas There the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest. Garrison Keillor introduced me to a holiday of the harvest, one I knew little...
Posted on Sep 30, 2024
Haiku for every day of September 2024 September 1 Moses, Moses, stop! You are among the holy Let the bush Fire burn September 2 Roar of the fire I believed, but then one night Flames filled full my soul (Pascal, 1654) September 3 Gift for all of us Our flesh burns spirit rises And...
Posted on Sep 30, 2024
Complete list of September 2024 Daily Devotions with links September 1 Grandma, pray for me September 2 Window overlooking the East River September 3 Post Labor Day and the need to be whole September 4 Not long till harvest time September 5 Get to know our precious pearl-ness September 6 Birds and men September...
Monday, September 30, 2024 Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Jerome the words come in with a whistle like the sound of an incoming missile it’s so good to hear it “Let us live in the Spirit,” From Romans, St. Paul’s...
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 29, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Franciscan Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets. Would that the LORD might bestow his spirit on them all! In his 50 plus years of teaching and preaching, Kansas-born Franciscan friar and ecumenical teacher...
Saturday, September 28, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Putzing Follow the ways of your heart and vision of your eyes, but understand that God will bring you to judgment. During her college years, Christina Cannon took a trip on Route 66. She discovered a faith within herself that surprised...
Friday, September 27, 2024 Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Time To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. Dad took naps at 1 pm for 20 minutes, whether under the tractor or lying face down in bed...
Thursday, September 26, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Dad’s favorite psalm What profit has a man from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? Dad sat in a padded rocking chair in our family room, wearing his favorite red flannel shirt. His Christmas shirt. A bright...
