desiring God … listening, waiting
Thursday, September 18, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Whose eyes? Life becomes an unbearable burden whenever we lose touch with the presence of a loving Savior and see only hunger to be alleviated, injustice to be addressed, violence to overcome, wars to be stopped, and loneliness to be removed....
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Sticky A Holey Place Most days I invite a space, a hole in my day, in my life to listen, to be with God, to be with myself, to ask God “What is it you wish for this day,...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Polis See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to the tradition of men, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to...
Monday, September 15, 2025 Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Mary at the cross Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom...
Sunday, September 14, 2025 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Raising the cross Do we want instead to raze the cross? Was the cross necessary for our salvation? Not everyone agrees, but on this day the cross is exalted. Moses lifted up the...
Saturday, September 13, 2025 Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Golf and heroes To the king of ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. Jasper and Miles like to play miniature golf. In the...
Friday, September 12, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) With this ring Brothers and sisters, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone....
Thursday, September 11, 2025 Commemoration of the USA Twin Towers bombing, 9-11-2001 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Redemption To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well. Jesus meant it when he told us to love our enemies. Do good to those who hate...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Prayerfulness We spent awhile talking together with several other spiritual directors yesterday afternoon. We shared our struggles and happiness from the last few weeks and talked through a book by Robert Wicks called Prayerfulness. Noticing that some scrupulous pray-ers lack human...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) God’s us My friend Henson loved his high school Latin class, several semesters of it. I took four years of French, so when we watch Poirot on TV with subtitles I generally know what the...
