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Life-Line

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: On one of our visits to Daytona Beach I was eager to show my daughters some of my earlier haunts. We sauntered down the long street from the church to the riverfront. This had been the path of the procession to the baptismal Read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Howard Thurman, Racism | 1 Reply

Pensées: Notes for Talks

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Pray to be able to greet death like a companion or a trusted friend waiting on the bank of the other shore who reaches out to you and helps you manage the last slippery stones of a rushing stream as you step safely across from life to new life. The Read more [...]
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Life-Line

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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(LABOR DAY) Today's Life-Line is: Messenger              by Mary Oliver My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird--- equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums. Here Read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gratefulness, Joy, Love, Mary Oliver, Nature, Wild Life, Wonder, Work | Leave a reply

Life-Line

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: People say that what we're seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. ~ Read more [...]
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Life-Line

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to Read more [...]
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Michael Crosby, O.F.M. Cap. 1940-2017

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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I just learned Fr. Michael Crosby died today. Michael, a Capuchin Franciscan from Milwaukee, was a frequent speaker and retreat leader at the Center for Spiritual Development where I worked for nearly 10 years. With his Franciscan heart, Michael was one Read more [...]
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Life-Line

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: To commit a crime against the natural world is a sin. ... For humans to cause species to become extinct and to destroy the biological diversity of God's creation, for humans to degrade the integrity of the earth by stripping the Read more [...]
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Lectio Poetica No. 1

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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We read                                 Lectio under the eye of God           Meditatio until the heart is touched    Oratio and leaps into flame.           Contemplatio     ~ Dom Marmion He does not always Read more [...]
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Natural Happiness and Incarnations of Beauty

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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A Reflection in Three Parts Part Two         Thinking of the power of awe reminds me of another one of my spiritual heroes, Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. A fallible and faithful friend Read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Awe, Beauty, Dorothy Day, Happiness, Nature, Simone Weil, Wonder | 3 Replies

Life-Line

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: "What do you think of the world to come?" an admirer asked Thoreau. "One world at a time," Thoreau replied. Read more [...]
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