The Coming of Your Bones

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Yesterday, I posted a reflection on compassion which I believe is a constitutive element of any authentic spirituality. I told a story about when I was in college and on the receiving end of a simple but profound act of compassionate presence. At Read more [...]

All Souls Day ~ A Remembrance

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

I will never forget to remember that I love you. ~ DJM Today we re-member ourselves to those who have died, to those we knew and loved and to all those we never knew but who were known and loved and grieved by a mother or father, brother or sister, Read more [...]

John Lewis, February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020, R.I.P.

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I Read more [...]

for the Feast of All Souls – A Remembrance Prayer

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Here is a prayer for The Feast of All Souls, on November 2nd. We re-member ourselves today to those who have died, gone before us marked with the sign of faith, and to those whom we entrust to the faith of God, extravagant in mercy and generous Read more [...]

Remember

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

"If we approach nature and the environment without . . . openness to awe and wonder, if we no longer speak the language of fraternity and beauty in our relationship with the world, our attitude will be that of masters, consumers, ruthless exploiters, Read more [...]

In Gratitude for the Wild and Precious Life of Mary Oliver ~ (1935 – 2019)

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes away the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measle-pox; when death comes like an iceberg between the shoulder Read more [...]

Thomas Keating O.C.S.O. – R. I. P.

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Trappist monk and priest, Thomas Keating (March 7, 1923 - October 25, 2018) passed over yesterday. A spiritual elder not just for his Catholic community but like the Dalai Lama for the entire earth community, Keating was one of the formative figures following Read more [...]

Raymond “Dutch” Hunthausen – (1921 – 2018) R.I.P.

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

I've been out all day and so I am only now hearing from friends that Archbishop Raymond "Dutch" Hunthausen died yesterday. He was 96. What a great man -- he was humble, pastoral, an attentive listener, about as unpretentious as any church leader I Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The best way to remember those who have been killed in battle is to work for the day when others will no longer be sent to take their place. Prayerfully reflecting on how to move away from war and war preparation should be central 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 [...]

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