David Sandel

Friday, September 6, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  Birds and men Thus should one regard us: stewards of the mysteries of God. Of course all the created creatures are included in the mysteries of God. And we are their stewards, made for such a time as this (since the...

Thursday, September 5, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Get to know our precious pearl-ness Become a fool, so you can be wise. Let none of us boast, and also not the world, nor life, nor death, nor the present nor the future. All belong to you, and you to...

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Not long till harvest time I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth. Neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth. Jesus said with emphasis, “I only do what...

Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  Post Labor Day and the need to be whole Brothers and sisters, the Spirit scrutinizes everything. Who knows what pertains to the man except his spirit which is within....

Monday, September 2, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures)  Window overlooking the East River While Dorothy Day was busy editing her magazine The Daily Worker in the early 1950s, she made time to write a short biography of Thérèse of Liseaux. She wrote with a distinct purpose. I wrote to...

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 1, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Grandma, pray for me All good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. On Amtrak the café car had ½ price specials. So Miles and Jasper decided to use...

Saturday, August 31, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Good long day in Waco From heaven the Lord looks down and sees us all. Driving home we talked all about the ten hours we had just spent together. We were eating chocolate ice cream and I couldn’t get enough water...

Friday, August 30, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) What are we going to watch tonight? The cross of Christ must not be emptied of its meaning. We watch a lot of films on Turner Classic Movies, produced mostly from the 1930s through the 1960s. Since the first successful movie...