Love is . . . (a fragment for lectio)

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Love is a climate small things find safe to grow in ... ~ Amy Clampitt Source: "The Smaller Orchid" Artwork: Kathy Conzelman, White Bloom. Used with the artisti's permission. Kathy's photos can be found here Read more [...]

Beautiful Prayer ~ A Life-Line

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I say Yes to everything that happens to me today as an opportunity to give and receive love without reserve. I am thankful for the enduring capacity to love that has come to me from the Sacred Heart of the Read more [...]

On the Tide of God’s Mercy

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

I've been working on a chapter this week -- "Being the Beloved" -- which is based on a talk I've been giving for years. So I have been rereading favorite sections from my favorite book of Thomas Merton: New Seeds of Contemplation. The excerpt below Read more [...]

i who have died am alive again today

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s birthday;this Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: [Americans] live by the grace of an unacknowledged inheritance from a rich godfather. The “civil” in our civilization was created by generations whose religious institutions taught them that the golden rule and the inalienable Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 4

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words. In Blackwater Woods Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the 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 January 14, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: How can you define prayer, except by saying that it is love? It is love expressed in speech, and love expressed in silence. To put it another way, prayer is the meeting of two loves: the love of God and our love. That’s all Read more [...]

Words to Make Flesh: Mystics & Prophets, No. 1

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

~ Prayer is less about what we do and more about what God does through us, with us, and in us. ~ Dan Miller Let Your God Love You Be silent. Be still. Alone. Empty Before your God Say nothing Be silent. Be still. Let your God Look upon Read more [...]

Pensées – More on Hope

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

What is hope? It is a presentiment that imagination is more real And reality less real than it looks. ~ Rubem Alves So much is in the bud. ~ Denise Levertov As stated in my reflection “Pensées – Advent Pondering 2,” Advent is a season Read more [...]

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Tag Archives: Love

Love is . . . (a fragment for lectio)

Beautiful Prayer ~ A Life-Line

On the Tide of God’s Mercy

i who have died am alive again today

Life-Line

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 4

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 3

Life-Line

Words to Make Flesh: Mystics & Prophets, No. 1

Pensées – More on Hope