“The sacred has a certain structure – it is structured out of and into silence in a manner that evokes awe and reverence.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
In the Nativity of the Lord, the cries of the world, the cries of the human heart, and the cries of God coincide. These shared
The third part of a series on Benedictine Spirituality with Fr. Boniface Hicks.
The second part of a series on Benedictine Spirituality with Fr. Boniface Hicks.
Part I of a series on Benedictine Spirituality explores our need to cultivate silence and listening.
“The silence of prayer is a surrendering of our own words and the noise surrounding us so that something far fuller can rush in – so that we can be “filled with all the fullness of God” (Eph 3:19). So that the creative, powerful and eternally self-donating Word, the one Word that matters, the eloquent Word that contains perfectly within it all our poor scattered syllables of truth, can be spoken. And in speaking, transform us within that silence to be a little bit more like Him. In speaking, reduce our interior and exterior storms to obedient breezes.”
Claire Dwyer reflects on the necessity of silence in the spiritual life.
What constitutes interior silence? And just how important is it?
Fr. Romano Guardini, whose cause for sainthood has been opened, reflects on the importance of the stillness and silence of the Mass.
How and why should we pray? Fr. Michael Najim explains how seeking the Lord is more important than always asking Him for stuff!
How can we find spiritual peace amid the storms of life? Charlie McKinney shares a reflection from “When God is Silent” by Servant of God Luis Martinez.
