Small Catholic Group Chastised and Warned

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

The Little Brothers and Sisters of Joy and Delight at the rite of peace. Oh, Oh. Wednesday, August 29, 2018 U.S. Today (and Maybe Tomorrow - We Shall See) A tiny group of Catholics were publicly chastised and warned of more severe measures Read more [...]

Participating in the Liturgy of Life

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. ~ 1 Thess. 5: 16-18* Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” Read more [...]

Happy Meal or Risky Meal?

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Much as Baptism has lost almost all of its original sense of danger and risk evoked by references to drowning and the baptismal font being shaped like a coffin, womb, or cross, so too in many Christian communities the celebration of the Eucharist has Read more [...]

The Festival of Rain

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Last night it rained. It is raining still. My heart is glad for the earth here in Southern California to drink deeply having been parched for so long. Right outside my window, the rain and the wind are having their way with a lemon tree whose fruit hang Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Antiphon

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Antiphon [an-tuh-fon] This week’s word is ANTIPHON. For a few years now I have been working on an acoustic theology that engenders an antiphonal spirituality, spirituality here meaning simply the enactment of one’s theology in the various spheres Read more [...]

Come, O Freedom, Come, O Death

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

“EMBRACING LIFE, ENGAGING DEATH” A Preface I was planning on sending you Part IV of the initial H&H reflections today but I’d like to take a temporary (though related) detour, especially given today is the Feast of All Saints and tomorrow, Read more [...]

Poetry and Faith as Participative Acts

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Lest those of us who are Catholic forget, the single greatest liturgical change that was set in motion at the Second Vatican Council, was not that the language of the Mass changed from Latin to the vernacular of the people gathered, nor that Monsignor Read more [...]

Prayer Engages Us in Reality

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

I have always agreed with the Anglican priest and theologian Kenneth Leech who writes that an authentic spirituality is one that necessarily points people in the direction of reality and equips them in some way to move consciously and faithfully in that Read more [...]

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