Holy Saturday: Living In-Between

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

"Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." (Jn. 12: 24) If we see Holy Saturday only in terms of chronological time, it is reduced merely to Read more [...]

The Friday Called Good

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Over the years I have offered refections on the significance and implications of the Three "High Holy" Days Christians call TRIDUUM. Find links below on the "mystery and manners" of Good Friday that you can use for your reflection during this sacred Read more [...]

The Three Days

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

This evening we enter into the "high holy days" of the Christian faith called TRIDUUM (in Latin meaning three days.) Traditionally these days are known as Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. That appears to be four days but the Read more [...]

Holy Saturday — The Fertile Darkness

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Fine wine takes time. ~ every skilled vintner It takes a very long time to become young. ~ Pablo Picasso I have said elsewhere that the tendency to skip over Good Friday and to rush unperturbed and undisturbed in our Sunday best to Easter is fraught Read more [...]

Good Friday

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

"The key is to risk facing into the Good Friday’s that we inflict on others knowingly and unintentionally, to not detour around the agony in the gardens and the crucifixions that are occurring around us, and to admit to and repent for our complicity Read more [...]

Holy Thursday

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Jesus rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist. . . . I have given you Read more [...]

Triduum Triptych – Panel 3

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

The short reflections for each of the three days of Triduum were published as one piece in Spirituality Mar/Apr 2012; No. 101 under the title “The Paschal Mystery.” Easter Easter comes. Into all of creation groaning for God’s salvation, Easter Read more [...]

Holy Saturday Poem

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Easter Eve: A Fantasy The day does not speak above a whisper, is a high dividing upon a moment into ebbing and flowing, two pairs of lips neither pressing nor quite yet parting, the twilight between sleep and waking, the bowl of hush held lifted Read more [...]

Triduum Triptych – Panel 2

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

The short reflections for each of the three days of Triduum were published as one piece in Spirituality Mar/Apr 2012; No. 101 under the title “The Paschal Mystery.” Good Friday The 13th century German mystic, theologian, and preacher Meister Eckhart Read more [...]

The Madness of March, the Audacity of April

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

"There is no resurrection that is not the resurrection of love" ~ Dan Miller The Madness of March, the Audacity of April In the culture, at least the American sporting culture, these past two or three weeks and this week especially are considered Read more [...]

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