David Sandel

Friday, June 28, 2024 Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) The healing heart of Irenaeus Managing your resources while Marcus Aurelius was the Roman emperor might have been difficult. Although not sanctioned by the emperor, persecution of Christians took on a more hysterical tone...

Thursday, June 27, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Jesus’ litmus test Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, arrived at the city, and the king of Judah surrendered to him. Our Lincoln Christian Seminary Professor John Castelein introduced his Roman Catholic Theology class with a word picture. “We are all going...

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Peace at the last Your servants have smelted down the metals available in the temple and have consigned them to the master workmen in the temple of the Lord. Each Monday evening and Thursday noon a group gathers in Urbana on...

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) God’s waiting room I don’t get a day like this much. The envelope of my life has been open for 74 years, and for a long time I’ve been pushing that envelope most of the time. These days my shoulders sag...

Monday, June 24, 2024 Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) He was in the desert until the day You, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, because you will go before the Lord and prepare his way. John wanted to...

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 23, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) God himself did not despise humanity The Lord addressed Job out of the storm and said … “Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled!” In his life as...

Saturday, June 22, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Birds, flowers, and all the rest of us You cannot serve two masters. Chronicles and Kings in the Bible are full of stories of leaders who said they served God but actually served themselves, and because of this one generation followed...

Friday, June 21, 2024 Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Stages of spiritual growth Athaliah began to kill off the whole royal family. In this way she became Queen of Israel, the only queen ever in Israel’s history. One of Richard Rohr’s daily meditations has...

Thursday, June 20, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Praying through our days this summer in Illinois This is how you are to pray: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name. The evening approaches dusk at the end of the hottest day so far. 2024 is not...

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Rich Mullins, Elijah and his friend Elisha, facing the whirlwind Perhaps Elijah wasn’t human after all; at least one commentator is pretty sure he was an angel all along. The Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a...