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Life-Line

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: It is a sad day for our country when we trade the majestic, hope-filled symbolism of the Statue of Liberty for an ineffective and grotesque wall which both displays and inflames the ethnic and cultural divisions that have long Read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Compassion, Freedom, God, Hospitality, Immigration, Justice, Works of Mercy | 1 Reply

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 4/10/18

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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One day, a countryman knocked hard on a monastery door. When the monk tending the gates opened up, he was given a magnificent bunch of grapes. "Brother, these are the finest my vineyard has produced. I’ve come to bear them as a gift." "Thank Read more [...]
Posted in Story | Tagged Generosity, Wise Sayings | 1 Reply

Life-Line

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: If deadly violence can in fact stop deadly violence, then why has deadly violence not stopped? ~ Wendell Berry Read more [...]
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We Remember — MLK, Jr.

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) We remember that fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, drum major for justice, follower of the Prince of Peace, martyr for rooting out racism as a gardener for God, and prophet of non-violence, was assassinated Read more [...]
Posted in Exemplars of Faith, Uncategorized | Tagged Courage, Love, Martin Luther King, Non-Violence, Prophet | 1 Reply

Life-Line

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: The outstretched arms of Christ on the cross hold and take with him to death everything that is wrong in the world, everything that is awry in us, every contradiction of how things are supposed to be, every violation of our own Read more [...]
Posted in Resurrection | Tagged Christ, Cross, Death, God, Life-line, Mercy, Non-Violence, Resurrection, Violence | Leave a reply

Easter ~ The Season of Singing Has Come

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, Read more [...]
Posted in Poetry | Tagged Crucifixion, Jesus, Mary Karr, Poetry, Resurrection | Leave a reply

Holy Saturday: Living In-Between

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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"Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." (Jn. 12: 24) If we see Holy Saturday only in terms of chronological time, it is reduced merely to Read more [...]
Posted in Triduum, Uncategorized | Tagged Holy Saturday, Kairos | 8 Replies

The Friday Called Good

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Over the years I have offered refections on the significance and implications of the Three "High Holy" Days Christians call TRIDUUM. Find links below on the "mystery and manners" of Good Friday that you can use for your reflection during this sacred Read more [...]
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The Three Days

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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This evening we enter into the "high holy days" of the Christian faith called TRIDUUM (in Latin meaning three days.) Traditionally these days are known as Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. That appears to be four days but the Read more [...]
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TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 3/27/18

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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The country and world we live in suffer from a REVERENCE deficiency. For this reason I offer you the following story. The Rabbi's Gift There was a famous monastery which had fallen on hard times. Formerly its many buildings were filled with Read more [...]
Posted in Story | Tagged Reverence, Transformation | 2 Replies

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