
4 Poems That Celebrate the Gift of Silence
If we have the humility of a saint and the eyes of a Romantic poet, we will be ever more grateful for the beauty of tranquility.
If we have the humility of a saint and the eyes of a Romantic poet, we will be ever more grateful for the beauty of tranquility.
The ineffability of God is simply another name for his transcendence, which is both absolute and eternal.
Our devices are just tools, but people are the ‘profound other’
“If our ‘interior cellphone’ is always busy because we are ‘having a conversation’ with other creatures,” says Cardinal Sarah, “how can the Creator reach us?”
“The devout soul makes progress in silence and in peace,” says The Imitation of Christ — a happy Lenten dividend to remember when the internet goes down.
Reflecting on the day’s Gospel (John 3:7-15), in which Jesus tells Nicodemus that he “must be born from above,” the pope said we are reborn through the Holy Spirit rather than by our own efforts.
15 years on, this documentary has never been more relevant
Ours is a society that is uncomfortable with silence.
We live in a noisy age, and noise takes its toll on prayer.
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