Life-Line

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

O God, full of compassion, Who dwells on high, grant true rest upon the wings of the Shechinah↑, in the exalted spheres of the holy and pure, who shine as the resplendence of the firmament, to the souls of the eleven slain members of Tree of Life Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Jesus in his solidarity with the marginal ones is moved to compassion. Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal Read more [...]

Incarnation as Compassionate Solidarity

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

From Advent 2009: The gospel of God is not so much that God comes to save us but that God saves us by coming to us, by coming and being with us as one of us. God’s saving presence is manifested and accomplished not by the Divine waving a magic celestial Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

When the Nazis came to get the Communists, I was silent, because I was not a Communist. When they came to get the Socialists, I was silent. When they came to get the Catholics, I was silent. When they came to get the Jews, I was silent. And when they Read more [...]

The Reason for the Season — Really?

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

“Jesus is the Reason for the Season” is one of those slogans that tries too hard and that came upon the scene a few years ago now with its twin sibling “Put Christ Back into Christmas.” It has always felt to me like each is meant as a not-so-subtle Read more [...]

A Modest Proposal

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

My modest proposal is that if we cannot always “embody the hurt” of others at least we can compassionately accompany them as they struggle to face, faithfully live, and respond to the painful parts of reality. At least we can help conquer callousness Read more [...]

Silence & Simplicity: On the Way to Solidarity

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Daniel J. Miller

Thomas Merton maintains that our salvation lies in silence because the way God chooses to be involves self-communicating love. This means not just that God communicates love but more so that the love God communicates is God’s very self, is God. So Read more [...]

Solitude: The Classroom of Compassion

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Daniel J. Miller

Note: Again, originally I wrote this for pastoral caregivers but it is appropriate for all of us as we respond to Wendell Berry’s invitation (and Jesus’ charge) to practice resurrection (The theme for H&H 2009-2010). As I mentioned in October Read more [...]

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Life-Line

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Incarnation as Compassionate Solidarity

Life-Line

The Reason for the Season — Really?

A Modest Proposal

Silence & Simplicity: On the Way to Solidarity

Solitude: The Classroom of Compassion