David Sandel

Monday, July 15, 2024 Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Honor the Sabbath and keep it holy Whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink, he will surely not lose his reward. On...

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 14, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) There is only one river I will hear what God proclaims; the LORD – for he proclaims peace. Near indeed is his salvation. All around me are photographs and mementos from family, some long passed away, some...

Saturday, July 13, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) I know every hair on your head, my son Small things undermine my confidence and optimism. The groundhog, well if you read yesterday’s devotion, you know about him. Them. Friday I saw my doctor with stable lab results, but he worries...

Friday, July 12, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Sail Away Oh Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim thy praise. I could’ve done without the mess. But I do say to myself that we are the “trespassers” on this Urbana town lot, separated from at least...

Thursday, July 11, 2024 Memorial of Saint Benedict, abbot (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Who you gonna call? Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give. I remember a Sunday long ago when our pastor disguised himself as a homeless man, badly dressed. He sat quietly during...

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The bug and I The high places shall be destroyed, and they shall cry out to the mountains, “Cover us! And to the hills, “Fall upon us!” Eric and I sat eating whiskey bacon burgers, looking for answers. Seems like our...

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) And now for something completely different When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind. Cast away your calf, O Samaria! I don’t remember jokes very well. Our grandson Miles remembers them. When I was seven, as he is now,...

Monday, July 8, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Joe times three Thus saith the Lord, “I will allure her. I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart.” Professor Cone posited three stages of life, which we enter and eventually exit, although God sets much of...

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 7, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) A prophet without honor They shall know that a prophet has been among them. Listening to Spanish in the morning at the Super 8. Salt and pepper on biscuits and gravy. Coffee. Black and hot and down...

Saturday, July 6, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Never waste a good crisis People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Greg said one Sunday in January: follow the crucified, not the America-fied Christ. Good plan, if I can figure out how. First, let go of my script...