desiring God … listening, waiting
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Was it not necessary? So far in our church life we’ve avoided most situations where well-meaning Christians told us we could have prayed more or done something more sacrificial to avoid problems, whether those problems be death or illness...
Posted on Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Tuesday in the Octave of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Full of the goodness of the Lord The promise is made to you and to your children, and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call. Rick Barnes, who coached the...
Posted on Apr 01, 2024
Monday, April 1, 2024 Monday in the Octave of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Impossible for him to be held by it Peter spoke firmly to the people listening: You killed this man Jesus, using lawless men to crucify him. But God raised him up, releasing him from the...
Posted on Mar 31, 2024
Haiku for every day of March 2024 March 1 Wisconsin trip: Lakes Wisconsin, Mendota My Madison March 2 Milwaukee Market Watched Illini beat Badgers Supper club Prime rib March 3 Lakefront home for art Racine, Marytown, Aurand Mother Teresa March 4 Breakfast with Carmen then Portage, Indiana Lake Michigan waves ...
Posted on Mar 31, 2024
Complete list of March 2024 Daily Devotions with links March 1 On Wisconsin, plunge right through that line! March 2 On earth as it is in heaven March 3 A letter from Jesus March 4 A vanishing trail March 5 Home again, following the circle round the sun March 6 Glory be March 7 ...
Posted on Mar 31, 2024
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 The Resurrection of the Lord (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) When I survey the wondrous cross On this Easter Sunday, after grieving the Illini loss to UConn at the basketball tournament last night (79-52) the ways of death and resurrection are clearer than ever. One...
Saturday, March 30, 2024 Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Singing on Saturday night In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. At Catholic churches...
Posted on Mar 29, 2024
Friday of Holy Week, March 29, 2024 “Good” Friday of the Lord’s Passion (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) This was a bad day, this was a good day The gatekeeper said to Peter, “You are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” And Peter said to her, “I am...
Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024 (Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper) (Chrism Mass Scriptures) We are one in the spirit Sitting by the pool at our apartment, my friend and I find much to talk about, as the sun rises in the sky. What was a gray cold morning morphs into a sweet...
Wednesday of Holy Week, March 27, 2024 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Jack Sandel in Austin In Champaign Marc and Evie have been painting. They replaced two appliances and are getting ready to move into Marc’s house in a few days, when Evie’s lease runs out. The house is beautiful,...
