Merry Christmas & Blessed Holidays Goodpeople

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Wishing you, your family and friends, all creatures great and small, all neighborhoods and nations, all people of the earth, & the community of creation Hope Healing Peace Justice & Joy EMMANUEL ~ Dan ~ Read more [...]

The Glory of God-Given, the Solidarity of God-Present

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

"Emmanuel (God-with-us), to whom we pleadingly sing “O come, O come,” is the human enfleshment of the one same divine presence that has been from the beginning but to which humans have a habit of becoming blind. Christ makes God present in the Read more [...]

Participating in the Labor of Love

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

In two days we hear the story of Miryam of Nazareth's journey, labor, and giving birth to Jesus. And again we are confronted with the question of how and where we are to join in the labor of love by bringing Christ into our world in deeds of kindness, Read more [...]

Seasons for Beholding

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Given that we are just days from the turn from the season of Advent to the season of Christmas, let’s give way to wonder since these seasons, in addition to the feast of Epiphany, are perhaps best entered into by understanding prayer as the art and Read more [...]

The Call to Spiritual Surrogacy

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

There is a word I love and have mentioned before, a Greek word essential to a Catholic understanding of the Eucharist and, I think, to our celebration of the hallowed events that we celebrate each Advent and Christmas. The word is anamnesis. It refers Read more [...]

Advent Poem

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Here is an Advent poem for your prayerful pondering. It is by Rowan Williams, Welsh theologian, priest, and former Archbishop of Canterbury. Later commissioned to be set to music as a carol, the poem captures a wintry spirituality. Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope. ~ Charles Péguy Read more [...]

Advent Prayer IV

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Advent Blessings to you. Click here for a prayer for the fourth week of Advent. 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 [...]

Advent: Silence, Simplicity, & Spaciousness

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Advent is a season of simplicity and spaciousness. The biblical narratives of this season involve simple people doing simple things. And yet, it is in the simplicity that room is made for that which is extraordinary. Simplicity, as Thoreau knew so Read more [...]

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