All Saints Day

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

It was because the saints were absorbed in God that they were truly capable of seeing and appreciating created things and it was because they loved [God] alone that they alone loved everybody. ~ Thomas Merton Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 11/6/18

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Community leader, religious reformer, mystic, Doctor of the Church, 16th century Spanish Carmelite St. Teresa of Avila was a powerhouse for all ages. Known as Sister Teresa of Jesus, she was a rich and memorable blend of vision and passion, humor Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: There are many wise, inspiring, and challenging statements from the treasury of words written and spoken by Oscar Romero who was canonized a saint yesterday by Pope Francis. Here are just three. A church that does not provoke Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Such love does the sky now pour, that whenever I stand in a field, I have to wring out the light when I get home. ~ St. Francis of Assisi Read more [...]

Saints Alive!

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

I was relistening to a podcast this week in which the interviewee, Francis Weller, a psychotherapist, writer, and expert in the healing work of grief ritual, made the comment that in his work he sees two ailments that especially seem to afflict people Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The saint is not the extraordinary doing the extraordinary ordinarily. The saint is the ordinary doing the ordinary extraordinarily. ~ Dan Miller Read more [...]

What St. Francis Reteaches Us

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today, as much of the world knows, is the Feast of St. Francis, il poverello, the little poor man of Assisi. Francis died October 4, 1226 and so this day is a commemoration and celebration of his transition into the afterlife. Francis is generally considered Read more [...]

Friending God

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Greeting Friends of God, I feel like I should begin with “I’m baaaaaaaack,” but that sounds so ominous. Anyway, The Almond Tree is here again either for bird cage liner or personal edification or both. I might add that if you do use it for both, Read more [...]

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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A LENTEN REFLECTION ~ 22 Today is the feast of St. Joseph. All my life I have mispronounced, misspelled, or mistyped the name Joseph. Joseph is my middle name. When I was little my Uncle Ned used to tease me by asking what my full name was just so Read more [...]

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Category Archives: Saints

All Saints Day

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 11/6/18

Life-Line

Life-Line

Saints Alive!

Life-Line

What St. Francis Reteaches Us

Friending God

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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