The Way of the Mystic 1

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

The mystic or contemplative is the man or woman who is intensely and intentionally alive to the aliveness of God. Mysticism or contemplation is “the wordless awareness of oneness with God beyond what thoughts can grasp or words can adequately convey.”[1] Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 3

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words. The Sun Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon and Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: There may be times when, unprepared, we are struck with wonder, yet it is up to us to keep the spirit of wonder alive. Like love, wonder is both an effortless happening and the result of constant effort. We fall in love and Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/26/18

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

In the town of Mill Valley in Northern California there lives an Irish poet. His name is Raymond. Sister Dolores McGuire met him one day as she walked across the plaza there, where he converses with the people as they sit, stand, or simply pass by. Raymond Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 4/17/18

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

"Faith is a blush in the presence of God." ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel WATER INTO WINE A century ago, a young student at the great Oxford University in England was taking an important examination in religious studies. The examination question for this Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 3/12/18

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

ON THE DAY OF THE RACE, he waited with the others and felt that life was waiting in the hills. He couldn’t say why, but a blessing was about to happen. As the gun went off, he could hear the rush of all the racers breathing---like Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion, then I go out and paint the stars. ~ Vincent Van Gogh Read more [...]

Wonder and the Antiphonal Nature of Life

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A Reflection in Three Parts Part Three I’m a soul in wonder. ~ Van Morrison In the place where wonder comes from, there I find you. ~ Bruce Cockburn Out of the mouth of babes. ~ Some former babe Every person, every couple, every family Read more [...]

Natural Happiness and Incarnations of Beauty

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A Reflection in Three Parts Part Two Thinking of the power of awe reminds me of another one of my spiritual heroes, Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. A fallible and faithful friend Read more [...]

Awe and Intimations of the Divine

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A Reflection in Three Parts Part One The heavens are telling the glory of God. ~ Ps. 19:1 The world is charged with the grandeur of God ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins Awe is an intuition for the dignity Read more [...]

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Tag Archives: Awe

The Way of the Mystic 1

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 3

Life-Line

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/26/18

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 4/17/18

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 3/12/18

Life-Line

Wonder and the Antiphonal Nature of Life

Natural Happiness and Incarnations of Beauty

Awe and Intimations of the Divine