Don’t Rush the Silence: Rediscovering Stillness in Mass
We tend to gallop through the Sacred Mysteries, forgetting the silence meant to gather the broken pieces of our lives before God. True stillness prepares the soul for mercy.
Results from Tag: 'silence'
If God Is Lost, All Is Lost — Seek Him in Silence and Beauty at Mass
COMMENTARY: The renewal of the Church begins at the altar — when we worship with awe, humility, and a heart open to mystery.
From Noise to Grace: My Encounter With God in Silence
How a weekend of sacred peace at a Carmelite monastery opened my heart to God’s ‘still, small voice’
How St. Monica Taught Me to Bite My Tongue
A lesson on the power of patience, silence and prayer.
The Sound of Sheer Silence
God rarely makes dramatic displays of his omnipotence to get our attention, preferring to draw us to himself with a soft whisper.
A Noisy World Needs More Silence in Our Churches
The contemporary allergy to silence is, in fact, our malady.
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.
When the Words Stopped
The ineffability of God is simply another name for his transcendence, which is both absolute and eternal.
Do You Have ‘Reality Debt?’ It’s Time to Encounter Reality
Our devices are just tools, but people are the ‘profound other’
The Great Lenten One-Hour Cellphone Fast of 2022
“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?”
