Musica Memento 9 ~ Magnificat: VI Esurientes

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

There are not many who can get me in the mood and spirit of Advent any better than John Rutter, English composer and conductor. The beauty of his Magnificat: VI Esurientes with soloist Patricia Forbes matches the beauty of this liturgical season—my Read more [...]

The Imperative of Reverence in Sacrilegious Times

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

To revere another is to behold their indigenous sacredness and to stand in awe before the One in whom they live and move and have their being. ~ Dan Miller Human being is either coming into meaning or betraying it.~ Abraham Heschel Yesterday, Read more [...]

All Creation is Waiting

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

ADVENT is a Time of Waiting and all creation, not merely humans, wait and yearn for the day when shalom and shalem embrace and together become the stillness within the song and the song within the stillness that bring healing and jubilation at last to Read more [...]

Joy Means Rejoicing in God

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Joy is the echo of God’s life in us. ~ Columba Marmion When asked why he convened Vatican II Pope John XXIII replied: "To make the human sojourn on earth less sad." Christian joy is not tied to a particular object, but Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 3

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

A Poem for the Second Week of Advent The Clearing Do not try to savethe whole worldor do anything grandiose.Instead, createa clearingin the dense forestof your lifeand wait therepatiently, until the songthat is yours alone Read more [...]

Talking Out Loud to Myself in the Humble Hope that Someone Might Overhear (2)

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

AND INSTEAD OF HAVING ME COMMITTED WILL COMMITTHEMSELVES TO DIVING DEEPER INTO THE MYSTERY ~ An Inner View Disguised as an Interview ~ No. 2. . . continued from December 3, 2019 MYSELF: I’d like to pick up where we left off. Read more [...]

Talking Out Loud to Myself in the Humble Hope that Someone Might Overhear (1)

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

AND INSTEAD OF HAVING ME COMMITTED WILL COMMITTHEMSELVES TO DIVING DEEPER INTO THE MYSTERY ~ An Inner View Disguised as an Interview ~ No. 1 MYSELF: Well , first, thank you for sitting down with me.DAN: Of course, my pleasure. Read more [...]

First Sunday of Advent

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

As we enter into the season of Advent, the four week run up to its culmination in “The Nativity of the Lord” and the Christmas mystery, we are once again made mindful not merely of the motif of darkness and light, but more so of the motif of Read more [...]

Pensées — Advent Pondering 2

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

All religious traditions have at least this in common:
the articulated perception of a gap between what is and what should be;
between reality as actuality and reality as an ideal. ~ Lawrence Cunningham
HOPEFULNESS
When I was young, from time to time Read more [...]

Pensées — Advent Pondering 1

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

As you know, Advent literally means “coming toward” (ad- toward + venire- to come) Traditionally, it is the season when we pay special attention to the coming towardness of God, the divine presence in our midst.

First, by entering again into the Read more [...]

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