Lectio Poetica No. 12 i thank You God for most

Posted on May 16, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

I first encountered E.E. Cummings' poetry during my freshman or sophomore year in college. I must have been exposed to Cummings in high school though I have no recollection of it. One of the few books I have on my shelf from back in the Paleolithic Read more [...]

Poem for Friday of Third Week in Advent

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

In a Dark Time In a dark time, the eye begins to see, I meet my shadow in the deepening shade; I hear my echo in the echoing wood-- A lord of nature weeping to a tree, I live between the heron and the wren, Beasts of the hill and serpents of Read more [...]

Help Us to See

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Days pass and the years vanish and we walk sightless among miracles. [You] fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. Let there be moments when your Presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk. Help us to see, wherever Read more [...]

Poem 4 for The Season of Creation*

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

LECTIO POETICA If you have not read the explanation for Lectio Poetica, I encourage you to read it here before reading Berry’s poem below. The Wild Geese Horseback on Sunday morning, harvest over, we taste persimmon and wild grape, sharp sweet of Read more [...]

Poem 3 for The Season of Creation*

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

This is a wonderful poem for the extended moment we are all living in. David Wagoner's poem below begs to be read slowly and contemplatively. I have purposely double-spaced the lines to help with that. If you have not read the explanation for Lectio Poetica, Read more [...]

Sister Mahala and the Storefront Sign

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Sister Mahala once told this story to a group of grade school students: Two boys were walking down Main Street in Anywhere, USA. When they came to the General Store, the owner stood in the doorway leaning against the doorjamb. To the store owner's 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 [...]

Brother Weeps on Seeing as Christ Sees

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Brother Weeps taught, "Before we can see Christ in the other, as St. Benedict and various sages through the ages have encouraged, we need to learn to see the other. To see the other as Christ sees them. And when we are able to see the person, truly see Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 9/18/18

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

There is a wonderful old story told of a young king who took over a kingdom. He was loved before he became a king, and his subjects were delighted he was finally crowned. They brought him many different gifts. After the coronation, the new king was Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: We are so addicted, either to materialism or to transcending material reality, that we don’t see God right in front of us, in the beggar, the starving child, the brokenhearted woman; in our friend; in the cat; in the flea. Read more [...]

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