The Three Days

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

This evening we enter into the "high holy days" of the Christian faith called TRIDUUM (in Latin meaning three days.) Traditionally these days are known as Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. That appears to be four days but the Read more [...]

Holy Saturday — The Fertile Darkness

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Fine wine takes time. ~ every skilled vintner It takes a very long time to become young. ~ Pablo Picasso I have said elsewhere that the tendency to skip over Good Friday and to rush unperturbed and undisturbed in our Sunday best to Easter is fraught Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Christening

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Christening [kris-uh-ning] Instead of mapping out a schedule of predetermined words and dates for A Word to the Wise, I usually wait, in the spirit of lectio divina, until a word seems to be waving to get my attention like a pedestrian hailing a cab. Read more [...]

Palm Sunday: The Misdirection of Jesus

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

As Jesus rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen. They Read more [...]

The Foolishness of Love

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

HOLY THURSDAY In her book O Pioneers! Willa Cather the Nebraskan novelist and chronicler of pioneering life in 20th century America has one of her characters say this: "There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves Read more [...]

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Tag Archives: Triduum

The Three Days

Holy Saturday — The Fertile Darkness

A Word to the Wise — Christening

Palm Sunday: The Misdirection of Jesus

The Foolishness of Love