To Be Grateful ~ A Life-line

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Note ~ This passage originally was written as prose. It comes from Merton's book Thoughts in Solitude. It's a follow up to my reflection on June 2, 2022 on Gratefulness. Today's Life-Line is: To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in Read more [...]

Look, Listen: The Teachers Are All Around Us

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: But now ask the animals to teach you, the birds of the air to tell you; Or speak to the earth to instruct you, and the fish of the sea to inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand Read more [...]

Conspiring with God

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A Lenten Reflection ~ 33 3/29/20 NOTE: I am doubling down on this breath theme (i.e. after yesterday's post. CLICK "<-- Previous" above. There is no season, whether in nature, the liturgical cycle, or the human adventure, which does not know Read more [...]

Every Breath You Take

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A Lenten Reflection ~ 32 NOTE: This reflection was originally posted on February 21, 2013. As posted here today, it has been significantly revised. Then the LORD God formed the earth-creature1 out of the dust of the ground and blew into the earth-creature’s Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I am A hole in a flute That the Christ's breath moves through--- Listen to this Music. I am the concert From the mouth of every Creature Singing with the myriad Chords. "A Hole in a Flute" by Hafiz from The Gift: Poems Read more [...]

Prelude for a Meditator

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Mindbe still.Thoughtslet go of, let fallaway.Facethe blind beggar’sat night orthe flower baskingin the light.Eyesshut softlyor shyly castdown.Wordswithhold.Dissolve like a lozengeon the tongue.No more.Voicego quiet as sand.Breatheuntil it becomes Read more [...]

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