David Sandel

Sunday, February 9, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Sent I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the Mighty One, the Supreme of all!” Then one of...

Saturday, February 8, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Wumps Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest awhile. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Miles and Jasper spent a...

Friday, February 7, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Gethsemani Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. On the gate which opens into the Abbey of Gethsemani hangs a sign: “Only God.” In the fourth century, Benedict founded the first European monastery. In the rules...

Thursday, February 6, 2025 Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Now and then They went off and preached repentance. The Twelve drove out many demons, and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them. But some saw the disciples’ good...

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Balancing my prayer life Strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may be healed. Strive for peace with everyone, and to be holy....

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Martyr Let the coming generation be told of the Lord that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born the justice he has shown. Yesterday’s lectionary spoke of people sawn in two. In a movie we watched, The Wind...

Monday, February 3, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Mercy As the people approached Jesus they caught sight of the man who had been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear. Why should they be afraid? Do they think they...

  Sunday, February 2, 2025 Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Hands When the days were complete Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. Here is Joseph, holding their tiny child in his big, work-worn hands. Here...

Saturday, February 1, 2025 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Small I drove 1,179 miles since Wednesday morning and here I am in balmy Austin, where the temperature might be 77 on Sunday afternoon. At midnight I pick up Margaret at the airport, after her long day of waiting and flying,...