“In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God
in
prayer and silence, God will speak to you. ... Souls of prayer
are souls of great
silence.” - Bl Mother Teresa of Calcutta
"Our own silence is not disagreeable to God;
it does not repel Him. He listens to the
longing deep within our soul. With God we must learn a new language of love in
which words are often unnecessary. ...
Our
longing for Him hides beneath words. A bedraggled, branded spirit may be the
reality of the day, the humbling truth of the current hour. But it does not
preclude a cry of love from the silent core of our being.
...
There is in a sense no option. One cannot seek God after a while except
inside a greater density of interior silence in prayer where there is no help
from words, no distinct utterance that would predictably cast open a door. The
soul can only wait in a poverty of speech."
Father Donald Haggerty
Professor of Moral
Theology
Capuchin Institute of Philosophy
and Theology, Ethiopia
Contemplative Provocations
(Ignatius Press)
Janette...what a beautiful quote on silence. I have never heard of him but it sounds like a good book! I need to reflect on this a bit more.
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Theresa - In your reflection of silence, you practice silence... savor the moments!
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