Brother Weeps Gives Some Advice

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

Brother Weeps was not in the habit of giving advice. He guided people to discover and live into the deep truth of their own life. But I do remember once—maybe he was especially good-humored that day—when a sincere young buttoned-up professional-looking Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on Two False Assumptions

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

This morning Brother Weeps finished his conference with a somewhat humorous but provocative postscript. He said, "Perhaps the two most costly false assumptions we make in life are, first, that because we are born human we know what it means to be human. Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on Friendship

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

If [one] part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:26 Brother Weeps once said, "There are two qualities that are at the heart of any deep friendship. One is compassion. Not Read more [...]

How Did Christ Meditate? ~ A Life-Line

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Once a student asked the 20th-century Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba (known to his followers as Maharaj-ji) how to meditate, and Maharaj-ji replied, “Meditate the way Christ meditated.” There was silence and pondering. Read more [...]

Brother Weeps Offers An Aside

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Sometimes, the most memorable—if not the most important—thing a teacher has to teach us comes by way of a temporary departure from their main theme, an aside, some off-the-cough comment, or a brief digression before returning to their original topic. Read more [...]

The Geometry of the Christ-Life

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Imagine a circle marked out on the ground. Suppose that this circle is the world and that the center of the circle is God. Leading from the edge to the center are a number of lines, representing ways of life. In their desire to draw near to God, the saints Read more [...]

Brother Weeps and the Do-Si-Do

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Advice Someone dancing inside us learned only a few steps: the "Do-Your-Work" in 4/4 time. the "What-Do-You-Expect" waltz. He hasn't noticed yet the woman standing away from the lamp, the one with dark eyes who knows the rhumba and strange Read more [...]

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 [...]

Brother Weeps Asks Brother Po a Question

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The human face . . . is a synonym for the incarnation of uniqueness. ~ Abraham Heschel To see a face is already to hear ‘You shall not kill.’ Emmanuel Levinas Any human face is a claim on you, because you can’t help but understand the Read more [...]

Faith and Comedy ~ A Life-Line

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

When I write and teach and give talks on the spiritual life, I always say I am speaking from my Catholic Christian heritage and perspective, but that I take wisdom anywhere I can get it. Today the wisdom comes from late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert. One Read more [...]

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