desiring God … listening, waiting
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 1, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Open prison doors Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth, who have observed his law; seek justice, seek humility; perhaps you may be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger. So many years, so...
Saturday, January 31, 2026 Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Priest (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Truth and consequences THOU ART THE MAN! And David knew it was true. He had buried his shame, but that would not do. He heard Nathan’s parable as if it were a case for...
Friday, January 30, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) All or nothing David sent messengers to bring him Bathsheba, wife of Uriah. He had sexual relations with her And she returned to her house. She conceived and sent David the message. “I am with child.” Can anyone ever be so...
Posted on Jan 28, 2026
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Snow falling on the Appian Way The LORD of hosts has this to say: It was I who took you from the pasture and from the care of the flock....
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Boy business The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking...
Monday, January 26, 2026 Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Stir into flame I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day. When Margaret and I don’t sustain that constancy...
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 25, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Sing, sing, sing Three readings for Sunday plus a psalm. Three stanzas of a poem, plus a picture. Sunday is always full of surprises, sabbath surprises, and we notice them more quickly because we are (sort of)...
Saturday, January 24, 2026 Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Hurricanes of kindness How can the warriors have fallen– in the thick of the battle, slain upon your heights! Around here, a lot of folks are talking about the...
Friday, January 23, 2026 (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Circling Jesus came with his disciples, and again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. Jesus’ family heard this and set out to seize him, saying, “He is out of his mind.” Outside Bardstown, Kentucky, midway between...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Memorial of St Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (click here to listen to or read today’s scriptures) Devil’s head David spoke to Saul, “Let your majesty not lose courage. I am at your service to go and fight this Philistine.” … Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He...
