I am Deacon David S. Miller and I was ordained for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh on June 15, 2013 and I am assigned to the St. Kilian, Seven Fields and Holy Sepulcher Parish, Glade Mills/Butler, PA grouping.
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Posted on March 15, 2020 by deacondsm
HOMILY
Preached at Holy Sepulcher Parish on March 15, 2020 at 8:00am and 10:30am Masses
“On the intranet, nobody knows you are a dog.” Or a cat. Or a monkey. Or a potato. It’s an old quote that has been around almost as long as the intranet. It describes the truth that when you are online, you can remain anonymous, create a new persona, become whoever you want to be, essentially reinvent yourself. If you are shy and reserved in person, online you can be bold and opinionated. If you want to meet someone, you can post a picture of some good looking and athletic model to attract others. If you want to appear to be an expert, you can attach an MD or PhD to your name.
Categories: Homilies | Tags: David Miller, Deacon DSM
Posted on February 2, 2020 by deacondsm
HOMILY
Preached at St. Kilian Parish on February 2, 2020 at 8:00am and 10:00am Masses
February 2 is the midpoint of winter, 40 days after Christmas, and over a month into the new year. So, it’s a good time to reflect on the resolutions that we may have made this year for ourselves. Many of you decided to exercise this year and you have kept your resolution because I am still waiting in line for a treadmill at the gym. Some of you might have decided to exercise, diet, quit smoking (or vaping), become more organized, clean out your garage, spend more time with your family, or even work on your spiritual life by attending Mass more or praying the Rosary more. But whatever resolutions we make, they usually involve making something more present in our life (like exercise and other good habits) or making something less present in our life (like cigarettes and other bad habits). We make resolutions to present a better version of ourselves (to be fitter, healthier, more organized) or to be more present to God and to others. So, today’s feast of The Presentation of the Lord is a good time to reflect on our resolutions and the other ways we try to improve ourselves.
Categories: Homilies, Word | Tags: Christianity, faith, Groundhog Day, homily, Jesus, Presentation of the Lord, Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, religion, resolutions
Posted on January 5, 2020 by deacondsm
HOMILY
Preached at St. Kilian Parish on January 5, 2019 at the 8:00am and 10:00am Masses
The Butler Hospital in Butler, PA has always had a special place in my heart. For one thing I was born there. The hospital was also the first place I lived growing up. We lived in a large yellow apartment building in downtown Butler, which was the original Butler General Hospital. My mom found it creepy living in a former hospital that was right next to a cemetery, so we soon moved to our home on Third Street, one block away from the current Butler Memorial Hospital. I spent a lot of time at the hospital: playing football in the lower parking lot using the painted lines as yard markers and sled riding the hospital hill using the elevator from the lower lot to the upper lot as a ski lift. So, I spent some time getting repaired at the hospital as well. Back in the day before HIPAA privacy laws, the Butler Eagle newspaper would publish the list of people that were admitted to the hospital each day, so my family would often visit people in the hospital because we lived so close. I even met my first high school girlfriend at the hospital, she was a volunteer who sat at the front desk to tell you in which room your neighbor or loved was staying.
Categories: Homilies, Word | Tags: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C, Birth of Jesus, Christianity, epiphany, faith, homily, Jesus, journey, journey of faith, Magi, newborn king, religion, Star of Bethlehem, three kings, wise men
Posted on December 15, 2019 by deacondsm
HOMILY
Preached at St. Kilian Parish on December 14, 2019 at the 4:00pm and 5:30pm Masses
Today is the Third Sunday of Advent and we celebrate by lighting the pink can dle of the Advent wreath, although the color is officially called rose. An easy way to remember this is to remember that Jesus rose from the dead, he did not pink from the dead! It’s one of my favorite Catholic jokes and I only get to use it twice a year. We have the option to wear rose colored vestments on this day, and they have them at Holy Sepulcher, but we don’t have them here at St. Kilian’s, so we wear the more traditional purple. Just to give you an idea of what it would look like, underneath my vestments I am wearing a pink, or rose, colored shirt.
Categories: Homilies, Word | Tags: 3rd Sunday of Advent Cycle A, Christianity, faith, Gaudete Sunday, homily, Jesus, Joy, Pink, religion
Posted on December 8, 2019 by deacondsm
BAPTISM
Holy Sepulcher November 29, 2019 11:30AM
I baptized Jackson Paul, son of Angela and Jeffrey, at Holy Sepulcher Parish.
May the almighty God bless you and your parents now and forever. Amen
Categories: Baptisms, Sacrament
Posted on November 29, 2019 by deacondsm
BAPTISM
Holy Sepulcher November 29, 2019 4:00PM
I baptized Blaise Daniel, son of Daniel and Kathleen, at Holy Sepulcher Parish.
May the almighty God bless you and your parents now and forever. Amen!
Categories: Baptisms, Sacrament
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